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In Dover, the Romans built this 96bedroom hotel, now 20 feet below street level but the last word in luxury for any VIP disembarking from Gaul. By the fourth century, however, Rome was in deep trouble, attacked by barbarians and undermined by endless political turmoil. Britannia couldn' t remain detached from the fate of the rest of the empire forever. At some point, Dover' s significance for Britannia changed from a port of entry to a defensive stronghold. And the " Welcome" mat gave way to the " Keep Out" sign, in the shape of massive walls, built smack through the Grand Hotel' s lobby. |
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zài duō fó, luó mǎ rén xiū jiàn le zuò yǒu jiǔ shí liù jiān wò shì de bīn guǎn, zhè jiān shēn mái dì xià èr shí yīng chǐ què jí jìn shē huá fáng jiān, gōng yǐ lái zì gāo lú de guì bīn jū zhù. dàn zài gōng yuán sì shì jì shí, luó mǎ shēn xiàn ní zhǎo, mán zú rù qīn yǔ guó nèi yīn móu cè fǎn nèi wài shòu dí. bù liè diān ní yà chí zǎo yě nán miǎn yú yǔ dì guó yí yàng shòu dí de mìng yùn, mǒu zhǒng yì yì shàng, duō fó zhī yú bù liè diān ní yà, yǐ bù zài shì rù gǎng kǒu, ér chéng wéi le yù dí dà běn yíng. cóng chǎng kāi yíng bīn de dà mén chéng wéi le dǐ yù wài dí de chéng qiáng, yóu jù shí duī qì ér chéng, héng chuān bīn guǎn dà tīng ér jiàn. |