I don't know how many of them were armed, but they were repeatedly squeezed in the orderly offensive of the Roman legions, and finally they were stormed into the city.
By the time of the siege and defense of the city, the Romans had no great effort to break up the enemy's resistance, and groups of multi-ethnic soldiers abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and usually two or three Roman soldiers could escort dozens or hundreds of prisoners.
After two days of fighting, the Romans spent four days preparing for the victory ceremony.
"The ceremony takes longer than the siege."
Cai Mian went to find out a little bit and introduced it to those who didn't know the situation: "They prepared a triumphal arch and collected a huge number of petals. ” Knowledgeable Han people will not be unfamiliar with the triumphal arch, in fact, after the victory of the Zhuxia War in the ancient pre-Qin era, the victorious division also has a similar ceremony to walk through the triumphal arch, but the Romans call it the triumphal arch, and the Zhuxia side is called the Thorn Gate.
The so-called thorn gate can actually be called a halberd gate, as the name suggests, is to make a good-looking door and insert a halberd in a conspicuous position.
In addition to allowing the troops to enjoy the glory of victory in the war, and accepting the cheers and praises of the onlookers, the completion of the Thorn Gate is equivalent to the completion of this military service, and the nobles can return to their hometowns with the samurai they have recruited, and the samurai should also obtain the war dividends.
To put it bluntly, it is a ritual to disband the army.
The Romans rebuilt the gates that had been damaged during the battle, and even called in stucco painters to draw beautiful figures, including the olive crown that the Romans loved, and a burst of brightly colored strips of cloth.
The streets within the gates were also carefully cleared, except that some of the buildings that had been damaged during the fighting did not have time to be cleared.
The streets are about four or five hundred meters long, and the taller buildings are constantly filled with onlookers, and the taller buildings are constantly being filled with flower petals at the soldiers who march in victory.
Dou Ah asked a little strangely, "Where did they find them?"
Cai Mian really knew: "Some of them are nearby villagers, and the others are prisoners.
There were 10,000 or 20,000 women among the captives, and they chose those with better looks to scatter flowers for the Great Qin army. ” "Is it for sale" Dou'a's first thought was this: "Has the angel been there to ask?"
Wang Meng nodded reservedly: "The people of Daqin are very willing to sell female slaves to the Han Dynasty. ” The Romans were only willing to sell female slaves, while male slaves were transported to Constantinople.
Rome was a country built on the exploitation and exploitation of slaves, and many projects required the use of male subordinates, and Roman citizens also had the habit of buying slaves, either as servants in daily life, or as agricultural laborers.
Roman governors were also fond of buying slaves from various war zones, mainly the more aggressive prisoners of war, and then selling them to some families in their jurisdiction, so that those families could train the prisoners of war to become gladiators, participate in competitions to please Roman citizens in exchange for votes, or perform in some sacrificial ceremonies.
Although Rome had entered the imperial era, and the supreme ruler was called Augustus instead of the consul, the election was still preserved, and it was mainly the Roman citizens who chose the councillors and the like, so it was right to pull votes.
"Their governors were appointed by Augustus, and Roman and local councils were elected."
It is still necessary for Wang Meng to understand the political system and system of Rome: "Citizens are talking about men who have served in the military, and those who have not served are just civilians who do not have the right to vote.
For a long time in their history, it was the citizens who chose their rulers, just as in ancient times it was up to the people to decide who was the king. ” "There is a reason why the elected king is abandoned."
Cai Mian is not only for political correctness, but also for his own understanding: "The elected king is certainly popular with the people, but it will not be long before a new king will be replaced, and the policy of governing the country will change, and there will even be a complete overthrow of the previous policy." ” For a long time, Zhuxia just needed an emperor, not to say that he liked to be managed or anything, but to understand the importance of having only one voice.
Facts have also proved that only one voice can unite, if the voice that speaks has the intention to open up the country, no matter how poor and miserable the country is, it can open up territory every time.
Of course, under the premise of only one voice, the person who speaks is too absurd, and the country will fall into extreme chaos, and even the country will perish.
Therefore, Zhuxia has always had a complex of longing for the Son of Heaven, as long as he thinks that it is the Son of Heaven who rules him, the country will be extremely prosperous, and he will expand his territory to the outside world.
The triumphal ceremony, which had been prepared for four days, began, and Wang Meng and others were invited to perform a triumphal procession together, but they had no interest at all and politely refused.
"You really should stand on top of the chariot and receive cheers."
Marcus Marca needs to accompany Wang Meng and other distinguished guests, and he is somewhat hesitant about not being able to participate in the triumphal parade: "It feels good, it's very good, it's like I've become a hero to save the world." ” Of course, it would be nice to receive the cheers of the crowd, everyone likes to have such an experience, and it would be better if there were more times, how many people are desperate to accept the cheers of the crowd, whether it is rebelling to gain power, or fighting desperately and bloodily, like the Romans, there are quite a few people who go to gladiators simply to meet the cheers.
Wang Meng and the others stood on the city wall to watch, and what they saw was a Roman soldier outside the city in full armor, each queue was a hundred-man procession, one hundred team after another continued to pass through the city gate, and then greeted the petals sprinkled from the height in the cheers of the people.
There were already Roman nobles who rode into the city in chariots, and the chariots of the Romans were very similar to those of the Gupta dynasty, with bucket chariots drawn by two horses.
They made the chariot very ornate, and in addition to gilding it with gold trim, they also carved olive branches and leaves in many places.
The aristocracy was more dressed than the other, and they wore silk produced in the Far East, and they put their own patterns and patterns on the silk, which may be a family crest, or some pattern or pattern of some special significance.
"Those who can wear red cloth and satin over their shoulders are the highest."
Cai Mian touched his chin: "In their society, having a red cloth and satin on the shoulder is a symbol of status, just like a big man can wear an official robe on an important occasion." ” Speaking of which, the Roman aristocracy wore robes, and the style was a long skirt that was directly connected, with slits at the sides of the legs and a belt around the waist.
It should also be said that the Romans, both men and women, did not have underwear, in fact, the majority of people in the world do not wear underwear, which has nothing to do with the degree of civilization.
Han people, regardless of men and women, actually do not have the habit of wearing underwear, when did they begin to change from full skirts to pants that cannot be elegant, and now it has evolved into both wearing a robe and wearing a pair of pants, and a small number of people will wear a pair of underwear.
Dou A saw a ridiculous scene just now, more than one Roman nobleman riding in a chariot was blown by the wind, and the skirt was blown up, revealing the crumpled sausage and hair bush under the crotch, and the public didn't care, and even the people who saw it didn't react, it seemed that it was normal.
If there is a matter of revealing 1 weapon and 1 official in the triumphal ceremony of the Han Kingdom, the person concerned will definitely have no face to live, and the people who see it will definitely be noisy.
This is the role of Zhuxia's shyness, and it is not in line with etiquette itself, and the "etiquette" is the key.
After the triumphal ceremony, the Romans began their own revelry, eating and drinking was one thing, and the important thing was to start receiving money.
"It's about the same as us, except they don't count individual gains."
Cai Mian specially ran over and looked at it for a while: "How much are they soldiers, how much are officers, and how much are nobles, and they will be distributed based on the capture after the victory and the valuation of slaves." ” "They don't have titles."
Dou'a is not only talking about military merit, but also that Rome does not have a knighthood at all, and the division of nobility is very vague, looking at the family's wealth and force, not looking at the level of the knighthood to divide the grade: "If there is a difference, it is the class of Augustus, parliamentarians, tribunes, treasurers, and citizens."
If they win the war, not only will there be a bounty for those who participate, but also for the citizens who live in the capital. ” In the past, the citizens who lived in the city of Rome had this special benefit, not only enjoying the dividends brought by the war, but also because of the votes being co-opted by various candidates, the small life was always very nourishing, but now Rome is divided, for example, the capital of Constantius is Constantinople, the capital of Constantine II is Rome, Julian simply chose Egypt, and Roman citizens must have houses in those three places if they want to enjoy the war dividends.
The military merit lord on Zhuxia's side is actually similar to a military rank, if it is strict, what kind of title must be in order to hold a certain position, if the owner of the title who holds that position on the battlefield is killed, it will be replaced by the person with the highest rank present, so that a commander will not lose command or mess up when the commander dies.
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For example, the Qin army, which strictly enforces the system of military merit, rarely has a certain commander die, causing chaos in the troops.
The dynasties after the Qin army no longer attached importance to military merit, and used the position rank as a substitute system, but the effect was really not as good as the Qin army's military merit system.
At the end of the war in this unknown place, the Roman legions belonging to Julian began to withdraw, and the Roman army belonging to Constantius escorted the Han envoys on their way to Constantinople.
Constantinople, as the name suggests, is named after Constantine, and it is located in a very strategic position, as long as the city does not fall, it can always keep the European part of the country at bay from the enemy from the east.
At the same time, Constantinople was still built on the seashore and had very convenient sea transportation, which meant that he could obtain resources or support from the sea even if it was besieged by land, and it was because of this convenience that it would become a city that would not fall for a long time, and it had to be the power of the city without external resources and support to cause it to fall.
After an overland journey of unknown miles, they came to a port in Syria, where they would board ships and reach Constantinople via the Mediterranean.
Constantius obviously made sufficient preparations, according to Marcus Maca's personal introduction, the Romans transferred more than 400 large and small ships, and Constantius even sent his own private flagship to pick up the Han envoys.
"About thirty-four meters in length and eight meters in width, a two-story building with no deck, only a flagship room in the stern, most of which had to be kept in the cabin.
Its draft is unknown, and it doesn't look too deep.
What Dou Ah saw was a type of boat with a long oar and sail that shared the same power, and the oars on both sides stretched out to resemble a centipede: "The number of people on board cannot exceed two hundred and fifty." ” Wang Meng had been looking at the sails of the ship, which were arranged at the front of the ship, and there was an eagle emblem with wings spread on the mast, which was plated with a layer of gold, and it looked golden in the sunlight.
It has a statue of a woman in the bow of the ship, holding a spear in her hand, which becomes the ramming horn of the ship.
"Look at the bottom of their bow."
Dou A pointed over and said from a relatively professional perspective: "That is a real collision angle, and it is specially wrapped with a layer of iron." ” Not to mention, the cold weapon naval battle in the Mediterranean is more special than other oceans, and the warships in the Mediterranean are basically designed to collide with each other, usually at the level of the flooded water.
"This is their biggest ship."
Cai Mian had a deep sense of pride at this moment: "Their largest ship is the medium-sized class of the Great Han. ” The largest ship built on the Han side has reached 150 meters in length and 50 meters in width, and to put it bluntly, it means that the displacement tonnage exceeds 10,000 tons.
Refer to the data of Zheng He's treasure ship In fact, they also saw that the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean were two different things at all, resulting in the fact that the Romans did not have to think too much about the height of the waves in shipbuilding, and the deck level was relatively low, and the structure was not very particular.
"If this kind of boat sails out of the Mediterranean, you don't need to go out to the sea too outside, and the wind and waves in the offshore are a little smaller," Dou A said and shut up halfway through, he would have sunk, but they were going to get on this ship, but they didn't want to have a crow's mouth: "In short, just play in the Mediterranean Sea as they call it." ” They mainly don't know one thing, that is, because of the type of ships, Rome has not lost ships in the Mediterranean for a long time, and often a small storm can bury an entire fleet, and the more famous thing is that during Sulla's expedition to Greece, a legion got on the ship, and before he set foot on Greek soil, a legion was all fed to fish.
"I heard that it will pass through Greece" Wang Meng was looking forward to it: "Listen to Your Majesty, Greece is a long civilization, and the scenery is quite good, just take a look." ”: