For most of us, "Rome" is a world of chariots, centurions and trumpet fanfares.

对我们大多数人而言，“罗马”是古战车、百人队队长与号角声的世界。

SOME new technologies appear from nowhere. Others are heralded by such long fanfares that it seems they will never arrive.

有些新的科技不知源于何处，其它一些科技则被长久宣扬永远不会到来。