715 to 674 BC, Numa Pompilius, who founded the Roman religion and married a nymph by the name of Egeria.

715到674年，努马·庞皮留斯，他创立了罗马宗教娶了一位叫埃杰里亚的女神。

For all of its silliness and lack of what we would consider spiritual content, the Roman state religion still helped bring the Roman people together.

尽管存在种种缺陷以及精神内涵，罗马国教依然帮助团结罗马民众。

Vespasian held the titles of Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, (head of the Roman  state religion, ) and did not share them during his lifetime.

维斯帕芗拥有奥古斯都大主教（罗马国教领袖）的头衔，但在他生前并未分享这些头衔。

Augustus also made a big deal of trying to restore that good old time Roman state religion, religious rights were reestablished in the cult of Augustus' own genius, or guardian spirit was established.

奥古斯都还大力尝试恢复原来的罗马国教，宗教权利在对奥古斯都个人天才的盲目崇拜下重新建立起来了。

But better living conditions raised questions about the purpose of human existence and the hope for some kind of satisfactory afterlife and in these areas the Roman state religion was found greatly wanting.

但是更好的生活条件就带来了关于人类存在的目的和希望有令人满意的后世生活的问题，而在这些问题上，罗马国教就显得力不从心了。

But once Augustus got himself lifetime Proconsular Imperial, once he got himself lifetime tribunician power once he became Pontifex Maximus he effectively controlled the Roman army the roman political process and the roman religion.

但是一旦奥古斯都成为终生的地方总督皇帝，一旦他掌控终身政治大权，一旦他成为最高祭司，他就有效的控制了罗马的军队，罗马的政治程序，罗马的宗教。