According to the Latin historians Cassiodorus and Pliny, by the year 19 of the Christian era, a new island, the divine Thera, had already appeared in the very place these islets have more recently formed.

根据嘉西奥多尔和蒲林尼的话，公元19年，已经有一个新岛，名字叫铁那女神，在新近形成的那些小岛地位上出现。

Much the same thing could be said of religious or supernatural forces. Down to the year 300 of the Christian era they were little changed, and in spite of Plato and the sceptics were more apparently chaotic than ever.

对于宗教或超自然力量也可以说同样的话。直到公元 300 年，它们几乎没有变化，尽管有柏拉图和怀疑论者，但它们显然比以往任何时候都更加混乱。