Chapter 738 This Is Rome

Although the background information did not mention any time information, when Zhang Heng heard the names of the next five people, he knew where he was coming this time.

——Ancient Rome.

Or rather the days of the Roman Empire.

The origin of all glorious stories often comes from a legend, and ancient Rome is no surprise.

Numitor and Amulius were brothers, and their father was the king of the Latins. When the king died, he divided his inheritance into two and let his two sons choose. Numitor chose Amulius chose the throne, and Amulius chose the countless treasures that his ancestors brought back from Troy.

So one of the two brothers became a king, and the other became extremely wealthy.

But Amulius, who had a lot of wealth, was obviously not willing to live under the rule of his elder brother, so he used his wealth to secretly bribe the ministers and the army, successfully usurped the throne, and exiled his His elder brother Numitor also killed Numitor's son. However, due to his daughter's plea, he finally gave in and did not kill his eldest brother's daughter Sylvia, but made Sylvia a victor. Star Virgin.

The Vesta Virgins are priests who serve the sacred fire goddess Vesta. Because of their priesthood, they must remain chaste and stay away from men. In this way, Sylvia will not have descendants, but no one expected that Mars, the god of war, would suddenly appear in the middle. After getting involved, he fell in love with Sylvia and failed to control his lower body, causing Sylvia to become pregnant with twins.

Amulius was furious when he learned the news, but because he did not dare to offend Mars, the god of war, he could only imprison Silvia, take her to give birth, put the two babies into a basket, and throw them into the river, hoping that they would They died of natural causes, but the river eventually brought the basket to the shore. A she-wolf came to feed them, and a woodpecker helped them find food. In the end, they survived until a passing shepherd adopted them as adopted children. , and named them Mulus and Remus.

Like all other great legends, there is always a turning point before the hero becomes a hero, a force that pushes him to pull out the sword in the stone.

The same was true for Mulus. The two brothers grew up quickly, and then an accident happened. Remus was involved in a conflict between shepherds and was captured by the king. It was also at this time that Mulus got Knowing his life experience, he gathered many people who hated and dissatisfied Amulio to launch an uprising, and finally killed Amulio and rescued his brother.

But when the dust settled, the two of them did not inherit the throne, but chose to return the kingdom to their exiled grandfather Numitor, and later built a new city where the shepherds found the bamboo basket.

However, during the process of building the city, the two brothers had differences, which led to a war. Mulus finally won the war and killed Lemus.

The new city was also named after his surname.

This is the origin of the name Rome, the capital of ancient Rome.

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Of course, this story will sound very bloody and ridiculous to later generations, but there are many similar stories in China, such as Liu Bang killing the white snake, such as Lao Tzu crossing Hangu Pass and coming from the east with purple energy, etc., and basically the earlier the time, the more adulterated the story will be. The more mythical elements there are.

In the words of the author of "History of Rome", "None of them are based on reliable historical data, but I suggest that there is no need to affirm them or deny them."

In short, with the establishment of the Roman city by Mulus, Rome entered the royal era. This was probably 753 BC. Then Rome embarked on the road of expansion. By 509 BC, with the Etruscan The last king of the dynasty, Tarquin the Younger, was overthrown by the Senate, and Rome officially entered the republican era.

Of course, the process during this period was not smooth sailing. Rome was also isolated by its nearby neighbors. However, after the three Macedonian Wars, Rome controlled the entire Greece. The subsequent Syrian War allowed it to control Western Asia. Then Caesar appeared on the stage, and in the Qian span After defeating his political enemies and two allies, he consolidated power and became a de facto emperor, but was later assassinated.

Immediately afterwards, his adopted son Octavian appeared. After defeating his political opponents and two allies (yes, you read that right, the model is the same), he established a principalist politics, and Rome officially entered the imperial era.

By the time of the Antoninus Dynasty, the Roman Empire also entered its most prosperous period, ushering in five wise emperors in succession, the same five people Zhang Heng had heard about in the background introduction. They were also called the Five Wise Emperors, especially those from Nirvana. The period between the reign of Var and Antony is also known as the Golden Age of Rome.

At this time, Rome had strong military strength, political stability, vast territory, and unprecedented prosperity.

But by the time Aurelius came to power, Rome had actually begun to decline. Barbarian invasions, frequent border wars, and a plague sweeping the country had combined to reduce the population, reduce tax revenue, and increase military spending. financial crisis.

Fortunately, there was still Emperor Aurelius in Rome. This emperor who was also a philosopher was very diligent in his life. While dealing with the nobles of the Senate, he also fought in the north and south, fought against the barbarians, and also fought civil wars and put down rebellions. Even though In this way, he still found time to write such a philosophical masterpiece as "Meditations".

But with the death of Aurelius, the Roman Empire did turn from prosperity to decline and no longer enjoyed the prosperity of the Golden Age. His son Commodus was also the last emperor of the Antonine Dynasty. As for the future of East and West Rome, it is another story.

Zhang Heng roughly guessed the time when he was there, which should be at the end of the second century AD.

Although Rome had begun to prosper and decline at this time, and the empire would fall into a long period of civil strife after Commodus' death, but for now, one-fifth of the world's population is still under the rule of the Roman Empire. With territory spanning thousands of miles, it was a truly large empire.

In fact, Zhang Heng was quite interested in this trip to Rome. After all, ancient Roman civilization, as an important source of Western civilization, has had an impact on future generations in all aspects. Unfortunately, most future generations can only learn from film, television and literature. Learn about it in the works.

However, Zhang Heng had the opportunity to travel this ancient and huge empire in person through this dungeon. Of course, this main mission also reminded him from the side, telling him that this trip to Rome would probably not be too easy.

So far, he has received a total of two survival missions, a novice copy of Desert Island Survival, and another copy of the Soviet-Finnish War. Survival tasks are simple and simple. Even if you do nothing, just survive until the copy is over. That's fine, but it's troublesome, because it often means that just living is not easy.