Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2116: The reverse conquest of culture
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Ye Tian’s clear voice continued to spread, 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. Greece was divided into more than a dozen city-states, large and small, and they were all called Hellenistic countries.
What followed was decades of war. 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, Roman forces began to invade the Balkan Peninsula in 299 BC. By 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 ended immediately, and the history of ancient Greece came to an abrupt end.
In fact, the influence of Hellenism lasted for more than 600 years. As we all know, the Roman Empire fully inherited Greek culture, and the official languages of the Roman Empire were Latin and Greek."
Listening to Ye Tian’s explanation, many people nodded and had no different opinions. This is history that everyone knows and there is no doubt about it!
The expressions of the Greeks are very complicated, even a little depressed. As descendants of the conquered, they cannot be happy when they hear this period of history being mentioned.
After a pause, Ye Tian continued:
"After being conquered by the Roman Empire, although the entire territory became Roman territory, Greece enjoyed an unprecedented period of peace, and all aspects of social and economic life prospered.
In the eyes of many Greeks at the time, it was the Romans who ended the chaos and chaos of the Hellenistic era. Roman rule brought peace, and Greek culture in turn conquered Roman life.
History has spoken highly of and even praised the reverse conquest of the Roman Empire by Greek culture. However, cultural conquest is never accomplished overnight and is often accompanied by **** events.
The ancient shipwreck treasure in front of me is probably a very powerful proof. The story I am going to tell next is completely based on my guess. If you are interested, you can listen to it."
After hearing this, people couldn't help but be fascinated, and they were all excited, looking forward to this wonderful story.
Even the experts and scholars on the sea, as well as countless historians, archaeologists, and other professionals on the live broadcast, were deeply attracted by Ye Tian's words, and their expressions gradually became serious.
Without any interruption, Ye Tian's voice continued to be heard, clearly reaching the ears of countless people.
"Before they completely conquered Greece, the Romans coveted the splendid civilization, exquisite sculptures and other antique artworks, and huge wealth of ancient Greece. They plundered the territory of Greece.
They looted many famous sculptures in the occupied areas, as well as important antique artworks and treasures representing ancient Greek civilization, and then loaded them onto a huge fleet to be transported back to Rome.
However, how could the Greeks allow this to happen, how could they watch the most brilliant achievements of ancient Greek civilization being plundered by the Romans, and some of them resisted.
They sent a heavily armed fleet and pursued it all the way, finally catching up with the huge fleet in the Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece, where the sunken treasure was located.
What happened next was simple. The Greek fleet that was chasing them all fought with the Roman warships escorting the fleet, and a shocking naval battle broke out. The result of the naval battle was likely to be a loss-lose for both sides.
Most of the ships loaded with cargo sank at the bottom of the sea. Most of the main forces of the warring parties, the Greek warships and the escorting Roman warships, also sank. There were only a few ships that escaped the sea area."
After hearing this, many people were immediately dumbfounded. They all looked at the live broadcast and Ye Tian talking with their eyes filled with disbelief.
Can history be interpreted this way? This guy Steven is too eloquent. Who has heard of such a shocking naval battle?
However, when these words came out of the mouth of this guy Steven, they sounded very reasonable. Even if he wanted to refute them, he couldn't find an entry point for the moment.
If not, how to explain this huge shipwreck treasure in the Ionian Sea? Where did they come from?
The story is not over yet, Ye Tian is still telling it vividly.
"This explains why the several shipwrecks we just discovered include ancient Roman warships, warships from Greece, and some ships transporting cargo, and each ship is scarred.
If my speculation is true, it will also provide evidence to solve another extremely important historical mystery. Why did many famous sculptures from ancient Greece and the Hellenistic period suddenly disappear?
Most of those famous sculptures disappeared during the Hellenistic period. Those that appeared in Rome later were basically copies. For example, the statues of the three giants of ancient Greek philosophy, but the originals were missing!
In fact, these priceless and famous sculptures have sunk to the bottom of the sea and have been sleeping in the darkness for more than two thousand years. What we have discovered is only a part of them. There may be more in the nearby deep sea! ”
Before he finished speaking, the outside world was completely shocked. Almost everyone held their heads and exclaimed.
"Oh my God! This guy Steven is too bold to think. If his speculation is true, then there is no doubt that this is the greatest archaeological discovery in the history of the Western world!"
"Is it possible that there are more ancient shipwrecks in this sea area, as well as more famous sculptures from ancient Greece and the Hellenistic period, and other antique artworks? What a huge shipwreck treasure it must be. ! ”
Compared to ordinary people, many experts and scholars behave more crazily.
They all stood up as if they were electrocuted. First, they looked at the live broadcast screen with their eyes widened, and their eyes were so wide that they almost flew out, and their eyes were full of shock.
When they came to their senses, each of them was like ants on a hot pot, starting to move back and forth non-stop, mumbling something to each other.
At this time, they wished they could have wings, fly directly to the Ionian Sea, and then dive into the depths of the seabed to personally participate in the exploration and salvage of this sunken treasure.
Perhaps the information revealed in Ye Tian's words was too important. The countries along the Mediterranean Sea that had already taken action began to increase their efforts and sent many more ships to rush to this sea area.
Especially the Greeks, they wish they could send out all the official ships in the country and rush here.
While the outside world was in turmoil, the depths of the ocean where Ye Tian and the others were located were relatively calm.
"Matisse, you mark the place next to the wreckage of the ancient Roman ship, and then continue to explore, trying to figure out the general situation of the sunken treasure as soon as possible, so as to avoid long nights and nightmares.
We have been staying deep under the sea for a long time this time. For safety reasons, we must surface after an hour regardless of whether we have finished exploring this sunken treasure.
After returning to the sea, everyone should take a good rest before going out to explore or start salvage operations. No matter how important this sunken treasure is, safety is the first priority."
Ye Tian said loudly with a smile, giving instructions for the next step of action.
As soon as the words fell, Mattis responded immediately.
"Got it, Steven, we know what to do"
Next, the two Aurora small submarines continued to explore forward, and continued to expand the scope of exploration, and continued to receive surprises one after another.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of minutes passed.
During this period, the two Aurora mini-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 other antique works of art, such as ancient Greek pottery, gold sacrificial items, stone tablets, jewelry, etc., which are dazzling and diverse!
While talking, Ye Tian and the others arrived at another beautiful coral reef in the seven-seater small Aurora submarine, ready to explore.
This coral reef is quite large, about ten meters high and fifty or sixty meters long. It lies across this ridge and is covered with colorful corals and seaweed, which is very eye-catching.
Because the metal detector carried by the submarine was always on, as soon as Ye Tian and his seven small submarines arrived here, the sound of the metal detector rang in everyone's ears, which sounded very moving.
No need to ask, this is another ancient sunken ship.
It’s just that because it sank so long ago, the sunken ship has long been covered with various corals and seaweed, completely covering up its original appearance.
As for what is hidden inside this sunken ship, it is still unknown. The answer can only be known after some exploration!
"Steven, it seems that under this beautiful coral reef and seaweed, there is another ancient sunken ship. I don’t know what is in this sunken ship, whether it is a master sculpture or other antique artwork!"
Chandler said excitedly, with a strong sour taste in his words.
Ye Tian turned to look at this buddy, then said with a smile:
“The outline of this coral reef looks like a capsized ship from a distance. Sure enough, I hope this ancient sunken ship can bring everyone a huge surprise. That would be great!”