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.

我说过的件，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。

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养追随者。

Overall Roman armies proved so successful that they defeated more enemies and conquered more territory that they wound up with more ager publicas or public land than they really knew what to do with.

整个罗马军队都非常成功因此，他们打败的军队占领的土地更多最后，他们赢得的土地很多不知道该如何处理。