Four. As the poor grew poorer and more numerous, the already wealthy grew wealthier due to military commands, political considerations, and control of the Ager Publicus captured in the wars.

随着穷人越来越穷并且越来越多，本来富裕的阶层由于对军事的控制，政治考虑，还有对在战争中获得的公有土地的控制变得更加富裕。

Tiberius Gracchus tried to bolster the citizen military by taking ager publicus from the wealthy and giving it to the landless poor. This was of course interpreted as trying to buildup a clientele.

提比略格拉古尝试支持公民军队把公地从富人那里夺走分发给没有土地的穷人这当然被理解为想要培养追随者。

For one thing, as I've adumbrated, the ager publicus tended to wind up not in the government's hands, but in the hands of the conquering generals and friends of the conquering generals.

我说过的一件事，公地可能最终不在政府的掌握中，而是在获胜的将军或者将军的朋友手中。