Sweep the World

The cradle of white civilization in ancient times originated in Greece, and for a very long period of time, they were also the gathering point for the civilizations of Europa.

The Greeks are quite good at playing, what dictatorship system, parliamentary system, senator system, religious system...almost tried all kinds of systems. It is impossible to say which system the Greeks use is the strongest during the period. In fact, they are basically There has not been a unity, even Alexander the Great has not managed to unify Greece.

The city-state system is the most ingrained in Greece. It is the foundation of the future aristocracy. It determines that the aristocracy has control of land, manpower, financial resources and other resources, and has repeatedly used various means to deepen the noble thoughts of the aristocracy among the civilians, forcing the civilians to obey and be willing. Accept the drive.

In fact, restraint and the use of means to make civilians obey and willing to accept urges will work in any system. It is a bit interesting that Greece and Zhuxia have followed the same path, that is, the establishment of a professional warrior class, and only samurai can take it. The right to participate in war on the battlefield, civilians are only responsible for labor.

Zhu Xia ended the professional warrior stage during the Warring States Period, while the Greek side maintained it until the Romans perished the Greek city-states, and the Romans took the path of professional warriors again and maintained it to this stage.

"The waves here are like small waves compared to ours." Doua had actually experienced seasickness in the past. It has experienced strong winds and waves like the Pacific Ocean. The Mediterranean Sea is not a problem at all: "That's why their deck level is so low. Up?"

The styles of ships in the Mediterranean are similar. The big ship is actually an enlarged version of the small boat. For example, the bow and stern of a Roman warship have no curvature at all, but a straight straight line. Furthermore, it is not very wide, so it will look slender. Except for the stern, there is a low flagship room, which looks bare.

"Their warship seems to be pieced together on two sides." Wang Meng stood by the window of the flagship room, looking at the recessed passage in the middle of the ship. If he jumped down, it would be directly on the first floor of the cabin. Go in: "There are shields on the outer side of the ship, and it looks more like a piece of work."

The Roman warship, because it had a prismatic ram at the front, was actually like a thick-backed sword with a blood trough. There was no top-level passage in the middle. It actually had many ladders that climbed up. Can provide soldiers in the cabin to quickly climb up the deck.

On the deck, there are naturally guardrails all around. On top of the guardrails are shields used by Roman infantrymen. Whether they have any protective bonus effect, let’s not mention it. It seems to have armor reinforcement, but it seems that it is actually increased. Beautiful.

"Why didn't you load catapults or ballistas?" Cai Mian asked uncertainly: "Did they be dismantled?"

"We will only load the equipment on the ship when it is special." Marcus Marka doesn't think there is anything to hide: "Only large ships can be modified to be mounted on catapults. Ballistas only need to be fixed. ."

Cai Mian can more or less imagine what the so-called fixation is. It should be a plank to nail the ballista to the deck. In fact, he really wants to say that it is enough to install a special base for the ballista, but it doesn't make sense for nothing. Teach the Romans to be smart.

In fact, it is like that. People who know a thing or knowledge seem to be very simple, but people who don’t understand still don’t understand, but some things are lacking in inspiration, not that they can’t create them with the technology they have mastered. .

The real situation is that the Romans are not stupid. They have specially designed the base of the warship for the ballista. The style may be different from that of the Han. For example, there is no large-scale turntable.

The fleet departed from a port in Syria, and not long after going out to sea, they saw the land again. According to Marcus Maka’s introduction, the land is a long and narrow island. The name is not important, because it has fresh water resources. There were also towns, and the Romans built a hoarding spot on the island and stationed an army.

That island is called Cyprus in modern times. It is now a Roman territory. Because of its special location, it is often used as a forward base for invading the Middle East by troops from Europa. At the same time, once the Middle East forces want to invade the Greek peninsula, they also need to first. Control the island.

From a distance from the sea, the towns on the island are very small, most of them are in a shade of green, and the area around the island is mostly surrounded by rocks. There is a bay that is not known whether it is artificially excavated or naturally formed. A wharf was built and several ships, large and small, were anchored.

Cai Mian wondered and asked, "Is it windy for a low-mountain island like this?"

"I haven't been there." Marcus Marka told the truth: "I heard that the environment above is pretty good."

This is the Mediterranean Sea, but not the Pacific or Atlantic. The wind is naturally windy, but the level is generally not much higher.

Wang Meng thought of the Miaodao archipelago. Some of the islands there are similar to the island in front of him, but the island in front of him can see towering coconut trees and other tree species, which means that it has not been stormed for at least a long time. Raged. Islands like the Miaodao archipelago have to withstand a storm at least once a year, and it is difficult to have towering trees.

After passing the long and narrow island, they entered the middle of the Aegean Sea. On the way, they saw many large or small islands. Some were purely uninhabited islands, while others looked like towns or villages.

"There are a large number of islands in this sea area, and most of the islands have natural freshwater resources on which people can live." Marcus Makar stared at the light blue waters of the shallow sea, and an island in the open field of vision was really unique. Beauty: "Most of our sailors are from the province of Cyprus."

Rome has always used provinces as local administrative units. The province of Cyprus referred to by Marcus Marca actually includes part of the Greek peninsula and numerous islands on the sea.

The simple reason why it is called the province of Cyprus instead of the province of Greece is that the strategic value of Cyprus is much more important than that of Greece at the stage of establishing the province.

The fleet was supposed to lean on the coastal route to the east. The problem was that the Han people wanted to visit Greece, but they crossed the middle of the Aegean Sea directly and became the route to the west coastline.

"Greece indeed has many places worth visiting." Marus Utansis has always been on this flagship, but he seldom appeared before, and only became active when he was close to the Greek peninsula: "The coastline near the sea has many gods. Temples, we have conquered Greece and preserved those temples, and some of them continue to be enshrined."

Cai Mian asked with interest: "Can you see the Olympic Mountain?"

The Romans, including Marus Utansis, didn't understand it, but Cai Mian spoke more in detail, such as the Olympic gods, and they were the ones who had reacted.

"You should call Olympus, that's the name of the mountain." After Marus Utansis reacted, he remembered that there seemed to be a place called Olympic under Mount Olympus, but he didn't understand the Han people. How do you know the Olympics without knowing Olympus: "Although there is the origin of the Greek gods, no temples were built, or the temples built in the long history were destroyed and disappeared?"

"The temples of the gods are in some cities." Marcus Maka thought for a moment and said the most famous place: "For example, Athens, where there is the largest temple of the God of Wisdom."

"We are now in the Spartan region. If you want, we can go ashore." Marus Utansis is still happy to let the Han people get in touch with the products of Greek civilization. That's because Rome inherited Greece. Civilization, the Greeks all turned into Romans: "Here is the largest Temple of Ares in the world, and the Spartan Guards are also preserved. It is an army that can resist hundreds of thousands of people with three hundred people for three days. Army."

"The Battle of Wenquan Pass?" Wang Meng once heard Liu Yan tell this story, and he was a little bit interested: "If it's not too far away, we would love to take a look."

"Is it the Temple of War or the Hot Spring Pass?" When Marus Utansis heard it was the Hot Spring Pass, his original enthusiasm was reduced a bit: "Continue sailing, and it won't take long to see the Hot Spring Pass. It's just that there is nowhere. It’s not a real pass, it’s just a narrow passage along the coast, and there’s nothing to look at."

It really wasn't a pass. The former Spartans resisted Darius' army there and built a stone wall with stones temporarily. How high is it, and it is not thick, the stone wall has long ceased to exist with the passage of time.

"Are there Greek Romans who went to Seres?" Marus Utansis asked very curiously, "How do you know the battle in the hot spring gate?"

Rome has been reformed repeatedly. From the beginning, the real Romans can be in power. Later, foreigners can also gain high positions in Rome. However, there is a basic policy that has not changed at all. No matter which ethnic group wants to be an official in Rome, it must be Rome. citizen. This also resulted in a considerable number of non-Romans being high-ranking officials or free people in Rome, and of course they had the conditions to go to Han.

Wang Meng knew that the Battle of Wenquan Pass was learned from Liu Yan. He didn't know and didn't have the guts to ask Liu Yan where he knew it.

In fact, no one dares to ask why Liu Yan knows so many things. Each of them has their own ideas and understanding, and they will inevitably contact some gods and Taoisms, or they can’t really explain how Liu Yan gained far. Intelligence from hundreds of thousands of miles away, but also knows a lot about the history of Europa.

They still did not go to the Temple of War in Ares, mainly because they had to sail west if they wanted to go, which would delay a lot of time to go to Constantinople.

The established route would pass through Athens, and the fleet also needed to be temporarily docked for replenishment, and the boats on board also entered the docking area.

"It's a bit messy." Dou A told the truth: "Not only is the docking area messy and out of order, the buildings in the port, including the stalls, look messy."

It was indeed very chaotic, with heads surging everywhere, and all kinds of people squeezed to and fro, clamors and various shouts formed a noise.

The Romans also noticed it. They sent manpower to find the officials at the port. It seemed that the communication was not ideal afterwards, and the fleet started recklessly.

"I'm sorry to let you see this scene." Marcus Marka was a little ashamed and full of irritation: "They blamed us for not telling us in advance, and using the day's tax as an excuse, we had to come by ourselves."

It looks like a commercial port here. There are a lot of large and small commercial ships coming and going. Most of them are anchored outside and then enter the port with boats. A small number of ships with their own berths will enter the port. They are public moorings. The bits have long been occupied.

"There are no pilot boats and lead boats." Cai Mian said in disbelief: "Don't they know that there will be benefits in the future?"

It seems nothing strange, right? Just like some countries have only governors but no emperors, officials who lack many functions and powers in the system, and a lot of jobs to maintain order are missing in society. That is a normal phenomenon.

After a while, the port officials came over to express a solemn protest, but in the face of the army's arrogance, the port people can only be treated as a trifle if they are dissatisfied.

"It's hard to imagine how Daqin people would become the overlord here." Dou A said vaguely: "They have few official positions, how can they manage the country?"

There are indeed few official positions in Rome, but a position has great powers. For example, the civic guard not only has the civil power, but can also point fingers at the army, and can even receive a designation from the country and pay for the recruitment of troops to form his own army. He is wrong. This army is not considered a state command sequence, but a kind of family private army.

"It seems that if you have money you can do whatever you want..." Cai Mian was shocked: "They have been able to maintain a stable unity without division for a long time~www.wuxiamtl.com~ It's incredible."

Wang Meng didn't think there was anything strange. As long as the central government remained strong, it was strong enough to sweep through any dissatisfaction. Whoever wanted independence would wipe out one. After the formation of deterrence, no one would dare to rebel.

One thing Wang Meng did not notice is that the center of Rome is not strong enough to sweep the place at all times. It is the environment they live in and the culture that they accept plays a key role. For example, the stepped allegiance system, the big nobles and the small nobles The vassal system maintains the unity of the entire country.

Most of the time, Rome will enter a state of family division. The cost of war is too great. If you lose nothing, you won’t have a take-all. At that time, their parliamentary system will work and maintain good communication channels. , Wooing allies with each other, using political means to resolve differences, only when the mouth is completely useless, will they choose to use force.

There are some things that Wang Meng didn’t say and didn’t dare to say. In Rome, there were no kings and ministers who had to die, that is, rulers could not do whatever they wanted, and the supreme throne would not be so attractive, no. The supreme ruler can also ensure that his own interests are not harmed, and no one will fight for his own life if it is not necessary.