Chapter 2116 Reverse Conquest of Culture

Ye Tianqing's clear voice kept coming out, reaching everyone's ears.

"As we all know, in 323 BC, after the death of Alexander the Great, Greek history officially entered the Hellenistic era, and Greece was divided into a dozen large and small city-states, all of which were called Hellenistic countries.

What followed was wars that lasted for decades. Alexander the Great's generals ruled many Hellenistic city-states. They attacked each other and fought endlessly, which greatly weakened Greece's military strength.

With the decline of Greek military power, in 299 BC, Roman forces began to invade the Balkan Peninsula. Around 168 BC, the Romans conquered the entire Greece and became the actual rulers of Greece.

In 30 BC, the Roman Empire eliminated the last Hellenistic country, the Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled Egypt. The Hellenistic era came to an end, and the history of ancient Greece came to an abrupt end.

In fact, the influence of Hellenization lasted for more than six hundred years. As we all know, the Roman Empire fully inherited Greek culture, and the official languages ​​​​of the Roman Empire are Latin and Greek.”

Listening to Ye Tian's explanation, many people nodded their heads and had no different opinions. This is a well-known history, there is no doubt about it!

The expressions of the Greeks were very complicated, even a little depressed. As descendants of the conquered, they couldn't be happy when they heard people mention this period of history.

After a short pause, Ye Tian continued to say:

"After being conquered by the Roman Empire, Greece enjoyed an unprecedented period of peace, even though the whole of it became Roman territory, and all aspects of social and economic life prospered as a result.

In the eyes of many Greeks at that time, it was the Romans who ended the melee and turmoil of the Hellenistic era, the rule of the Romans brought peace, and Greek culture conquered the lives of the Romans in turn.

History has given high praise and even eulogized the Greek culture’s reverse conquest of the Roman Empire, but cultural conquest has never been accomplished overnight, and is often accompanied by bloody storms.

The ancient shipwreck treasure in front of me is probably one of the very powerful proofs. The story I will tell next is completely based on my guess. If you are interested, you can listen to it.”

Hearing this, people can't help but be fascinated, all of them are excited and looking forward to this wonderful story.

Even those experts and scholars on the sea, as well as countless historians, archaeologists, and other professionals on the live broadcast,

He was also deeply attracted by Ye Tian's words, and his expression gradually became serious.

Without the slightest interruption, Ye Tian's voice still kept coming out, reaching the ears of countless people clearly.

"Before the Romans completely conquered Greece, they coveted the splendid civilization of ancient Greece, exquisite sculptures and other antique works of art, and huge wealth, and they plundered a lot in Greece.

They looted many famous sculptures in the occupied area, as well as important antique artworks and treasures representing ancient Greek civilization, and then loaded them on a huge fleet to be transported back to Rome.

However, how could the Greeks allow this to happen, how could they have watched the most brilliant achievements of ancient Greek civilization being plundered by the Romans, and some of the Greeks fought against it.

They sent a fully armed fleet to pursue them all the way, and finally caught up with the huge fleet in the Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece, which is the sea area where the treasure of the sunken ship is located.

The next thing was simple. The Greek fleet chasing all the way fought with the Roman warships escorting the fleet, and a sea battle broke out. The result of the sea battle is likely to be a loss for both sides.

Most of the ships loaded with cargo sank on the bottom of the sea, and most of the main forces of the warring parties, the Greek warships and the Roman warships escorting them, also sank, and there were not many ships that escaped from this sea area.”

Hearing this, many people were immediately dumbfounded. They all stared at the live broadcast and Ye Tian who was talking eloquently, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Can history be interpreted in this way? This guy Steven is too good at talking nonsense, who the hell has heard of such a shocking naval battle?

However, these words sounded reasonable when they came out of Steven, and even if he wanted to refute them, he couldn't find an entry point for a while.

If not, how to explain this huge shipwreck treasure in the Ionian Sea? How did they come about?

The story is not over yet, Ye Tian is still telling it vividly.

"That would explain why the few wrecks we've just found include ancient Roman warships, Greek warships, and some cargo ships, and every single one of them is scarred.

If my conjecture is true, this also provides evidence for solving another extremely important historical mystery. Why did many famous sculptures in ancient Greece and the Hellenistic period suddenly disappear?

Most of those famous sculptures disappeared during the Hellenistic period, and those that appeared in Rome later were basically replicas, such as the statues of the three giants of ancient Greek philosophy, but the originals were missing!

In fact, these priceless and famous sculptures have all sunk on the bottom of the sea and have been sleeping in the dark for more than two thousand years. What we have discovered is only a part of them, and there may be more in the nearby deep sea! "

Before the words were finished, the outside world was completely blown away, and almost everyone hugged their heads and exclaimed.

"My God! This guy Steven dared to think too much. If his speculation is true, then there is no doubt that this is definitely the greatest archaeological discovery in the history of the Western world!"

"Could it be that there are more ancient shipwrecks in this sea area, as well as more famous sculptures of ancient Greece and the Hellenistic period, as well as other antique works of art? What a huge shipwreck treasure that is!"

Compared with ordinary people, many experts and scholars are even crazier.

They all stood up as if they were electrocuted. First, they stared at the live broadcast screen with wide-eyed eyes.

When they came back to their senses, each of them was like ants on a hot pot, they started to walk back and forth non-stop, and they were still muttering words.

At this time, they wished they could fly directly to the Ionian Sea, and then dive into the depths of the sea, to personally participate in the exploration and salvage of the sunken treasure.

Perhaps it was because the information revealed by Ye Tian's words was too important. The countries along the Mediterranean Sea that had already taken action began to step up their efforts and sent many more ships to rush to this sea area.

Especially the Greeks, wishing they could send all the official ships of the country to this place.

While the outside world was turbulent, the depths of the ocean where Ye Tian and the others were located was relatively calm.

"Matisse, you mark the wreckage of the ancient Roman ship, and then continue to explore, try to find out the general situation of the treasure of this shipwreck as soon as possible, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.

We have spent a lot of time in the depths of the sea this time. For the sake of safety, after an hour, no matter whether we have explored the treasure of this sunken ship or not, we must float to the surface.

After returning to the sea, everyone should take a good rest, and then go to sea to explore or start salvage operations. No matter how important this sunken treasure is, safety comes first.”

Ye Tian smiled and said loudly, giving the next action instructions.

After the words fell, Matisse responded immediately.

"Understood, Steven, we know what to do"

Next, the two Aurora small submarines continued to explore, and continued to expand the scope of exploration, and they continued to harvest surprises one after another.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of minutes have passed.

During this period, the two Aurora small submarines searched a large area and found two sunken ships, seven or eight complete or incomplete sculptures, as well as a large number of antique gold and silver coins and ancient weapons.

In addition, there are some other antique works of art, such as ancient Greek pottery, gold sacrificial supplies, stone tablets, jewelry, etc., which are dazzling and diverse!

While talking, the seven small aurora submarines that Ye Tian and the others were riding in came to another beautiful coral reef, ready to explore.

The scale of this coral reef is not small, about ten meters high and fifty or sixty meters long, stretching across this sea ridge, covered with colorful corals and seaweeds, very eye-catching.

Because the metal detectors carried by the submarine were always on, as soon as Ye Tian's seven small submarines arrived here, the sound of metal detectors rang in everyone's ears, which sounded very moving.

No need to ask, this is another old shipwreck.

It's just that because the sunken ship was too long ago, various corals and seaweeds have grown on the shipwreck, completely covering up its true colors.

As for what is hidden in this sunken ship, it is still unknown for the time being, and the answer can only be known after some exploration!

"Steven, it seems that under this beautiful coral reef and seaweed, there is another ancient shipwreck. I don't know what is in this shipwreck, whether it is a master sculpture or other antique works of art!"

Chandler said excitedly, with a strong sour taste in his words.

Ye Tian turned to look at this buddy, then smiled and said:

"The outline of this coral reef looks like a capsized ship from a distance. As expected, I hope this ancient shipwreck can bring you a huge surprise, and that would be great!"