48 Hours a Day

Chapter 738: This Is Rome

Although no time information was mentioned in the background information, when Zhang Heng heard the names of the five people, he knew where he had come this time.

- Ancient Rome.

Or, more precisely, the Roman Empire.

All brilliant stories often originate from a legend, and ancient Rome is no surprise.

Numito was a brother-in-law, while their father was king of the Latins, who, at the time of his death, divided the estate into two parts, allowing his two sons to choose, Numito chose the throne, and Amorito chose the countless treasures that his ancestors had brought back from Troy.

So two brothers became kings and one became a rich enemy.

But Amulet, who had a great deal of wealth, was obviously unwilling to live under his elder brother's rule, so he used his wealth to secretly buy the Chinese minister and the army, succeeded in usurping the throne, he exiled his elder Numito and killed Numito's son, but then, because of his daughter's courtship, he eventually opened his net and did not kill his elder brother's daughter, Sylvia, but made Sylvia a a virgin of Vista.

The Virgin of Vista is a sacrifice to the Goddess of the Holy Fire. Because of her priesthood, she must guard her virginity and stay away from men, so that Sylvia will not have future generations, but no one thought that Mars, the god of war, would suddenly blend in. He fell in love with Sylvia and failed to control her lower body, causing Sylvia to conceive a pair of twins.

Amurio was furious when he learned of the news, but because he dared not offend the god of war, Mars, he was confined to Sylvia, took her into a basket after delivery, threw her two babies into the river, and wanted them to die naturally, but the river water eventually took the basket to the shore, a wolf came to feed them, and a woodpecker helped them to feed themselves, eventually keeping them alive until a passing shepherd adopted them, named Mulus and Lemos.

Like all other great legends, a hero always has a turning point before he becomes a hero, a force that pushes him to pull out that stone sword.

The same holds true for Murus, who soon grew up as adults and then came unexpectedly. Lemos was involved in a clash between shepherds and was captured by the king. It was also at that time that Murus learned of his fate that he assembled many people who resented Amulet to wage an uprising that eventually killed Amulet and rescued his brother.

But when all the dust settled on them, instead of inheriting the throne, they chose to return the kingdom to their exiled grandfather, Numito, and then built a new city where the shepherds found the bamboo basket.

However, in the process of building the city, the two brothers were divided, and a great war ensued, culminating in Murus' victory over the war, which killed Lemos.

And the new city is named after him.

That is the origin of the Roman name, the capital of ancient Rome.

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Of course, this story sounds like dog blood and clerics in future generations, but there are also many similar stories in China, such as Liu Bang chopping off white snakes, such as my old man coming through Fumiya Guan Ziqidong, and basically the sooner the more mythical ingredients are blended.

In the words of the author of Roman History, "None of them are built on reliable historical material, but I suggest that they need not be affirmed or denied. ”

In short, with the establishment of the city of Rome in Murus, Rome entered the reign, about 753 BC, and then Rome embarked on the path of expansion, and by 509 BC, with the overthrow of the last king of the Etruscan dynasty, Little Takwen, by the Senate, Rome officially entered the republican period.

Of course, the period did not go smoothly and Rome was isolated by its neighbours, but after three Macedonian wars Rome took control of Greece, then Syria took control of Western Asia, and then Caesar came on, after crossing his own political enemies and two allies, he gathered power and became emperor in the real sense, but was assassinated.

Immediately after his adoptive house, David, after crossing his own political enemies and two allies (yes, you're right, the pattern is the same), established the Führer's politics, and Rome officially entered the age of the Empire.

And by the time the Roman Empire of the Andonian dynasty had reached its peak, a series of five Ming monarchs, the five people Zhang Heng had previously heard in the background introduction, they also called the Five Kings Emperor, especially from the time of Neval to the reign of Andonian, also known as the Golden Age of Rome.

Rome was strong, politically stable, vast and prosperous at that time.

But by the time Ole stayed in office, Rome had actually begun to go downhill, with barbarian incursions, frequent border fighting, combined with a plague sweeping the country, a decline in population under the influence of twofold factors and a financial crisis caused by falling taxes and increased military spending.

Fortunately, Rome and Aurelius, the emperor of the part-time philosopher, were very diligent in his life, dealing with the nobility of the Senate, fighting the Civil War, fighting against the Barbarians, and fighting the civil war rebellion. Even so, he still had time to write philosophical giants like "Thoughts".

But with Aurelius' death, the Roman Empire was indeed in full swing, and without the prosperity of the golden age, his son, Conmood, was also the last emperor of the Andonian dynasty, and what followed was another story in Rome.

Zhang Heng roughly speculated on his time, which should have been at the end of the second century AD.

At that time, although Rome had begun to flourish and decline, and the Empire had been plunged into a long period of civil strife after the death of Conmood, one fifth of the world's population was still under the Roman Empire, with thousands of miles of frontiers, a true great empire.

In fact, Zhang Heng is quite interested in this trip to Rome. After all, ancient Roman civilization, as an important source of Western civilization, has various implications for future generations. Unfortunately, the vast majority of future generations can only learn about it from film, television and literature.

Zhang Heng had the opportunity to personally tour the ancient and vast empire through this copy. Of course, this main mission also reminded him from the side that this trip to Rome might not be too easy.

To date, he has received two survival assignments, a novice copy of a deserted island, and a copy of the Sufin War. Survival assignments are simple and simple, even if they do nothing, as long as they live to the end of the copy, but trouble is also troublesome, because it often means that it is not easy to just live.