Name: 歷代的獵鷹活動 (Falconry Through the Ages)
Uploaded: 2022-05-18T02:46:07.000Z
Duration: 21 min 42 s

We are Raphael Historic Falconry and we have been

我們是拉斐爾歷史性獵鷹公司，我們一直是

the English Heritage falconers for 21 years.

英國遺產組織的獵手們已經工作了21年。

We specialise in the historical recreation

We perform at beautiful historic properties,

我們在美麗的歷史遺蹟中表演。

including Audley End House, which is stood behind me.

包括站在我身後的Audley End House。

Falconry is a story which starts in the late Roman era

獵鷹運動是一個始於羅馬時代後期的故事

and continues through to the present day.

It's not just a story about hunting with birds.

這不僅僅是一個關於用鳥打獵的故事。

這是一個關於人、地方的故事。

Falconry is the art of hunting with a trained bird of prey

獵鷹術是用訓練有素的獵鳥進行狩獵的藝術。

It's one of the oldest forms of hunting known to mankind.

這是人類已知的最古老的狩獵形式之一。

It started thousands of years ago and likely sprung

它開始於幾千年前，很可能是在幾千年前萌生的。

It was not conceived originally as a sporting pursuit,

它最初並不是作為一種體育追求而設想的。

It was about harnessing the predatory nature

of a wild raptor to catch edible birds and animals

的野生猛禽來捕捉可食用的鳥類和動物

thousands of years ago somewhere on the vast

It likely travelled from Asia across Europe

via the old silk routes and arrived sometime in Britain

通過古老的絲綢之路，在某個時候到達英國。

Join us on a journey through English history

在我們探索歷代獵鷹的過程中。

The Romans were not great practitioners of falconry,

羅馬人並不是獵鷹的偉大實踐者。

however, in 306 AD, Constantine the Great

然而，在公元306年，君士坦丁大帝

was declared emperor in York in succession to his father.

在約克被宣佈為皇帝，繼承了他父親的地位。

Just a few months prior to coming to Britain,

Constantine grew up in the eastern empire,

君士坦丁在東方帝國成長起來。

a region to which falconry is commonplace.

一個獵鷹活動普遍存在的地區。

So it's no surprise that he dabbled in the art of falconry

是以，他涉足獵鷹的藝術並不奇怪

It is said that he was the first to hawk with the shaheen,

據說，他是第一個用沙赫恩鷹擊長空的人。

and that he chose to hunt with those hawks

because when he went out with his retinue,

因為當他和他的隨從出去的時候。

the hawks could be trained to fly above his head

鷹可以被訓練到在他的頭上飛翔

and to shade him from the sun as though they were a parasol.

併為他遮擋陽光，彷彿他們是一把陽傘。

This is the first solid evidence that we have of a man

這是我們擁有的第一個關於一個人的確鑿證據

stepping onto English soil with falconry knowledge.

帶著獵鷹的知識踏上英國的土地。

Falconry never did catch on across the Roman Empire,

獵鷹業從未在整個羅馬帝國流行過。

perhaps because falconry was the chosen art

也許是因為獵鷹是被選中的藝術

of many of their enemies, perhaps because they preferred

他們的許多敵人，也許是因為他們更喜歡

the Romans were very familiar with birds of prey

They feared them as enemies and exalted them as prophets.

他們把他們當作敵人來敬畏，把他們當作先知來高舉。

They believed that because of the birds' power of flight

他們認為，由於鳥類的飛行能力

that they were the prophets of the ruling

gods and goddesses in the heavens above our head.

Birds were, therefore, seen to be prophets or messengers

是以，鳥類被看作是先知或信使

It is no wonder that the Imperial Roman Army

chose to march into battle with a golden eagle at its head,

選擇了以金鷹為首的行軍打仗。

a symbol that was chosen by the Consul Marius.

一個由馬略執政官選擇的符號。

It was either painted on a pendant or carved as a 3D banner

它要麼被畫在吊墜上，要麼被雕刻成一個三維橫幅

and the man who carried that was known as the aquilifer,

而承載這個的人被稱為含水層。

coming from the Latin word for eagle, aquilae.

The old pagan Romans held the eagle as a divine creature,

古老的異教徒羅馬人認為鷹是一種神聖的生物。

for their universe was divided into three layers:

the largest and the highest flying was said to be

the only creature that could pass through all three layers

這就是為什麼眾神之王，朱庇特。

chose the eagle as his personal messenger.

The golden eagle occurs right across Europe and Asia.

金雕就在歐洲和亞洲各地出現。

So wherever the Romans travelled and invaded and settled,

是以，無論羅馬人在哪裡旅行、入侵和定居。

they would have seen golden eagles in the sky above them,

他們會看到金鷹在他們頭上的天空。

While the eagle was considered to be a divine prophet,

雖然鷹被認為是神聖的預言家。

The owl lived in the realm of darkness and was considered

貓頭鷹生活在黑暗的領域，被認為是

to be a winged demon rather than a winged prophet.

是一個帶翅膀的惡魔，而不是一個帶翅膀的先知。

and to have an owl visit your place of domestication

The Romans would use an owl as a weapon of intimidation.

羅馬人將使用貓頭鷹作為恐嚇的武器。

The power of Rome lay with the council of senates

If the council wanted to remove one of the senates,

如果議會想撤除其中一個參議院。

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