Just as Illuminati members begun to secure important positions in local governments and universities, a 1784 decree by Duke Karl Theodor of Bavaria banned all secret societies.

正当光明会成员开始在地方政府和大学中确保重要职位时，巴伐利亚公爵卡尔·西奥多在1784年颁布了法令禁止所有秘密社会。

This is Karl Theodor — the Duke of Bavaria — and that year he banned secret societies.

这是巴伐利亚公爵卡尔西奥多 (Karl Theodor)，那一年他取缔了秘密社团。