Chapter 2116： Reverse conquest of culture

Ye Tianqinglang's voice continued to be heard, reaching everyone's ears.

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

Then came decades of war. Alexander the Great’s generals ruled many Hellenistic city-states. They attacked each other and fought endlessly, which greatly weakened the military strength of Greece.

With the decline of the Greek military power, in 299 BC, Roman forces began to invade the Balkans. By about 168 BC, the Romans conquered all of 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, and the Hellenistic era came to an abrupt end, 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 has fully inherited Greek culture. The official languages ​​of the Roman Empire are Latin and Greek."

Listening to Ye Tian's explanation, many people nodded their heads and did not disagree. This is a history that everyone knows, no doubt!

On the other hand, the expressions of the Greeks were very complicated and even a little depressed. As the descendants of the conquered, they couldn't be happy to hear people mention this history.

After a short pause, Ye Tian continued:

"After being conquered by the Roman Empire, although the entire territory became Roman territory, Greece had an unprecedented period of peace, and all aspects of social and economic life prospered.

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

For the Greek culture to conquer the Roman Empire, history has given high praise and even praise, but cultural conquest is never an overnight thing, and it is often accompanied by **** winds.

The ancient shipwreck treasure in front of me is probably one of the most powerful proofs. The story I will tell next is entirely my own guess. If you are interested, you can listen to it."

Hearing this, people couldn't help being fascinated, one by one, 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 his expression gradually became serious.

Without the slightest interruption, Ye Tian's voice continued to be heard, clearly reaching countless people's ears.

"Before the Romans completely conquered Greece, they coveted the dazzling civilization, exquisite sculptures and other antique works of art, and huge wealth of ancient Greece. They raided the territory of Greece.

They scoured many famous sculptures in the occupied area, as well as important antique works of art and treasures representing ancient Greek civilization, and then loaded them onto a huge fleet, ready to be shipped back to Rome.

However, how could the Greeks allow this to happen? How could it be possible that the most brilliant achievements of ancient Greek civilization were looted by the Romans, and some of them fought.

They sent a heavily armed fleet to chase 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 sunken treasure is located.

The next thing was simple. The Greek fleet that was chasing all the way and the Roman battleship escorting this fleet fought together, and a terrifying naval battle broke out. The result of the naval battle is likely to lose both.

Most of the ships loaded with cargo sank on the bottom of the sea. The main forces of the warring parties, the Greek warships and the Roman warships escorted by them, also sank, and there were not a few ships that escaped the sea."

Hearing this, many people were immediately dumbfounded. They stared at the live broadcast and Ye Tian who was talking with each other dumbfounded, their eyes full of incredible.

How can history be interpreted like this? Steven this guy is too eloquent, who has heard of such a terrifying sea battle?

However, these words came out of Steven’s mouth, and they sounded reasonable. Even if they wanted to refute, they couldn’t find an entry point.

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

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

"This explains why the wrecks of the several shipwrecks we have just discovered include ancient Roman warships, warships from Greece, and some ships carrying cargo, and each ship is scarred.

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

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

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

Before the words were over, the outside world had completely fried the pot, and almost everyone hugged their heads and exclaimed.

"Oh my God! Steven dare to think too much. If his conjecture 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, and other antique works of art? What a huge shipwreck treasure that must be!"

Compared with ordinary people, many experts and scholars behaved more crazy.

They all stood up as if being electrocuted. First, their eyes rounded and looked at the live broadcast screen. Their staring eyes almost flew out, eyes full of shock.

When they came back to their senses, one by one, they were like ants on a hot pot, and they began to walk back and forth, chanting words.

At this time, they wish they could grow their wings and fly directly to the Ionian Sea, 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 remarks is too important. The countries along the Mediterranean coast that had already taken action have begun to increase their weight, and they have sent many more ships to this sea.

Especially the Greeks, want to send out all the official ships in the country, all rushed here.

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

"Matis, you make a mark next to the wreck of the ancient Roman shipwreck, and then continue to explore, trying to figure out the general situation of this sunken treasure as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

The time we spent in the depths of the sea is not short this time. For the sake of safety, after an hour, whether we have explored this sunken treasure or not, we must float on the surface.

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

Ye Tian said with a smile, and gave instructions for the next action.

When the voice fell, Matisse responded immediately.

"Understood, Steven, we know what to do"

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

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

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

In addition, there are also some other antique works of art, such as ancient Greek pottery, gold sacrificial supplies, stone tablets, jewelry, etc., with a wide variety of items!

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

The scale of this coral reef is not small. It is about ten meters high and fifty to sixty meters long. It stretches 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, Ye Tian and their seven small submarines arrived here and everyone heard the sound of metal detectors, which sounded very moving.

Needless to say, this is another ancient shipwreck.

It's just that because the sinking time is too long, the sunken ship is already covered with various corals and seaweeds, completely concealing its true colors.

As for what is hidden inside this shipwreck, it is still unknown for the time being. Only after some exploration can the answer be known!

"Steven, it seems that under this beautiful coral reef and seaweed is an ancient shipwreck. I don't know what this shipwreck contains, master sculptures or other antique works of art!"

Chandler said excitedly, a strong sourness 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, that would be great!"