Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1380 The Existence of Atlantis
"Well, that's all I have to say about the covenant." Agathocles handed the copy of the covenant to Shangluo. "Also, there are some parts that you need to read carefully. Yes, read carefully. The information about Atlantis is all in it."

That was all I had to say. There was something that Agathocles could not say. But he didn't need to say anything about it. He had already given the most important documents to Shangluo, so he could understand them himself.

"Come to think of it, there is one thing I do care about." Shangluo walked while holding the copy of the covenant in his hand.

This covenant has never been copied. However, the Roman king has the highest authority, so it is cheap to copy these covenants for viewing.

The alliance between Rome and Atlantis recorded here made Shangluo notice that Atlantis really existed.

Unlike the previous elven countries, according to the description above, Atlantis seems to be a country that exists in reality and is very ancient.

On the way back upstairs, he asked Phaethon beside him: "So what is Atlantis?"

"Let Apollonia tell you the mythological part."

【Atlantis? Well. Actually, the origin of Atlantis is the earth-born people, that is, the dragon-tooth soldiers. According to legend, there was a dragon-tooth soldier named Ervino. He gave birth to Cleito, the mother of Atlantis, with a woman on an unnamed island in the middle of the ocean. The father of Atlantis was Poseidon himself. Like Zeus, he liked to run around the world looking for a partner. When he found Cleito, Cleito's parents had died. She was an orphan left by the earth-born people. Poseidon married her and gave birth to 5 pairs of twins. The eldest son was Atlantis. He and his twin brother ruled one of the 5 regions of Atlantis as emperors and co-emperors. Well, that's the general history. After that, the Atlantis Empire began to build a huge palace, began to engage in war, and began to attack Greece. Well. 】

"What happens next?" Shangluo asked. Speaking of attacking Greece, there seemed to be something behind it.

[And then it stops. This is what Plato wrote in Critias, and the original text ends here. Originally, the following should have specifically described how the Atlantis Empire was aggressive and aggressive, and when and where it began to attack Greece. However, in all the handed-down documents, this article ends here. ]

"Wait. Is there some kind of metaphor here?"

[Atlantis itself is a metaphor, a shadow of Athens - just like Athena and Poseidon hate each other, Atlantis in the Greek concept is the opposite of Athens: Athens represents moderation, wisdom and divine order. In the later period of Atlantis, they indulged in material expansion and desire for power. They built a large number of baths, gardens and arenas in the city. ]

"Hmm?" Shang Luo was stunned for a moment. "Why does this sound like a description of Rome?"

The opposite of Greece, militarism, the construction of baths and arenas, this is simply a human outline of Rome, not a single mistake. To some extent, Rome is indeed the opposite of Greece. This is actually the narrative from the Roman side - according to the legal system in the story, the predecessor of Rome is Troy. Trojan prince Aeneas established his own country after exile in Italy. When it came to King Numitor, he was usurped. His daughter gave birth to brothers Romulus and Mars, the god of war, and regained the throne. Rome thus has the bloodline of Troy and Mars.

【If you continue listening, you may find more déjà vu. 】

"First of all, why did this myth start with the Dragon Tooth Soldiers?"

[Your question is very critical. In fact, the "earth-born man myth" is a key element in Greek mythology. You can see that the ancestors of many well-known city-states, such as the ancestors of Thebes, are all earth-born men. Because earth-born men grow out of the land, and are both people who can move and plants rooted in the land. The earth-born men here are actually a metaphor for "localism". Each Greek city-state wants to emphasize that they are the masters of this land since ancient times, so they say that their ancestors grew out of the land. ]

"Why does this sound a bit like the city-states trying to trace the sanctity of their ancestors by blaming Zeus and saying that their ancestors were Zeus' illegitimate children?"

【Yes, it is the same reason. Because there can be many generations of ancestors, basically all the gods have to show up. The earth-born people actually represent the god of war Ares - that is, the Roman god of war Mars. This is more prominent in Rome. The Romans believe that Mars is the god of land. The Greeks believe that land is the root of disputes, so the god of land Ares is the god of disputes; the Romans believe that fighting for the sovereignty of land is a kind of honor, so although they are the same god, Mars' status in Rome is much higher than Ares' status in Greece. 】

Phaethon added: "The status of Mars in Rome is similar to that of Athena in Greece. Not many people worship the king of gods, and the main god worshipped by the people is Mars. Mars is not only the god of war, but also the god of farming and warfare who combines the gods of agriculture, and the god of kingship who symbolizes the land. So in the myths of both sides, the dragon-tooth soldiers are the creations of the gods of land. In the myths, the dragon-tooth soldiers come from the evil dragons tamed by the god of war, and this dragon is the symbol of kingship. The teeth of the evil dragon fall into the ground and grow into humans, who are the earth-born people who symbolize the 'native land'."

"Why do I feel that this sounds more and more familiar? Wait, were the founders of Rome also twins? Why is it the same as Atlantis?"

[In fact, if you read the entire myth of the founding of Rome, you will find a more similar place - the founders of Rome were the Romulus brothers, which you know. But in fact, there were more than just two of them who participated in the construction of the city, there were 12 people. ]

"12 people? Where did the remaining 10 come from?" Shangluo asked. This story really sounds like a replica of the history of the founding of Atlantis, because there were 10 brothers in Atlantis, and two more people were added here to make it 12.

[In the early mythology, it was written like this: Romulus and his brothers' adoptive father and mother had 12 children. After one of the children died, Romulus and his brothers replaced the eldest son in the family and made up 12 children again. Later, the brothers founded Rome together and named the country after Romulus, which is Rome.]

"Isn't this the same as Atlantis? It's just that there are twins joining the family. Why does this sound more and more like Atlantis?"

(End of this chapter)