Then, in the 4th century A.D., all pagan festivals were banned by Emperor Theodosius I and the Olympics were no more.

然后，在公元 4 世纪， 所有异教徒的节日都被狄奥多西一世皇帝禁止， 奥运会也不再举行。

The ancient Olympic Games fell into decline when Rome conquered Greece in 146 BC and were finally abolished in 393 AD by Emperor Theodosius I.

古代奥运在罗马于公元前 146 年攻占希腊时开始没落，最后终于在公元 393 年时被大帝狄奥多西一世废除。

In 391 AD, the Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius banned pagan practices, so the world soon bid a fond farewell to the Olympic games.

公元391年，基督教罗马皇帝狄奥多西禁止异教习俗，世界很快就告别了奥运会。

Somehow Theodosius held the Barbarians in check as long as he lived and he earned, for this, the name The Great but he could not produce sadly a worthy successor.

这不是一个明智的做法。不管怎么说，狄奥多西在生前成功地控制了野蛮民族，并得名所谓的“大帝”，但是他却未能选出一个合格的继位者。

While temporarily free from invasion, the East was fortified. Constantinople was not easy to attack at the best of times, and soon, Theodosius II gave it near-impenetrable walls.

虽然暂时没有入侵， 但东方却得到了巩固。君士坦丁堡在最好的时候也不容易进攻， 很快，狄奥多西二世就给它筑了近乎坚不可摧的城墙。