In the realm of the Greek gods, it has been a long time since the Trojan War ended.
The original Argonauts and survivors of the Trojan War were either lucky enough to ascend to Mount Olympus as gods, or they had already passed away.
However, the descendants left by the heroes of those days continue to exist from generation to generation and maintain many Greek countries. Of course, their ideas are also passed down together.
During this period, the situation in Greece was still changing, with countries attacking each other, old countries declining, and new countries rising - and most of the people who have the upper hand in Greece today are ruled by the descendants of the Argonauts. s country.
There was no way, the Argonauts' Journey and the Trojan War had done too much harm to the forces of the Olympus God System on the ground.
The former caused a large number of heroes who respected the gods to die on the journey and in Colchis, and turned the remaining heroes against the gods. The latter was a cruel civil war among the gods, although all of this created the magnificent Greek heroes. Epic, but it also caused the heroes on the entire Greek God's land to wither.
With the gradual decline of heroes, the power of mages gradually penetrated into the core of power in various kingdoms. The so-called era of heroes gradually ended, and the era of humans gradually emerged.
As the victor of the Trojan War and one of Troy's allies, Aeneas, the cousin of Priam, king of Troy at the time, also shared the glory of the victor. Later, he became the son-in-law of the King of the Latins. Married the Latin princess Lavinia and became an actual investor in the Latin people.
He and his descendants ruled the Latin people for sixteen generations. In the sixteenth generation, King Numitor was unfortunately usurped by his brothers, and his whole family was killed. Only Princess Silvia took the name of the kitchen god Hess. The priesthood of Theia survived.
Then, she met Ares, the god of war.
Even though they were rejected and disgusted by humans, the gods of Olympus still went their own way and frequently spread seeds all over the world - but because of the growth of the mages' power, the demigod heroes have become increasingly unable to do what they used to. Establishing great achievements on the earth has awakened mankind's admiration for the gods.
Even more, because of their disgust towards this kind of thing, the gods of Olympus almost split. Among the twelve main gods, Hestia has lived on the ground for a long time. Apollo and Artemis have almost nothing to do with them except driving the carriage of the sun and moon. The other gods lost contact with each other, and Athena simply moved out of Mount Olympus - she became a frequent visitor to Mystra Academy.
Over the centuries, the authority of the gods among mortals has been greatly reduced, and the strength of the Olympian pantheon has become weaker due to division. The gods are aware of these problems and are anxious in their hearts.
Perhaps inspired by Heliopolis in Egypt, finally, under the planning of the gods, Ares, the god of war, met fatefully with the beautiful princess Silvia, the priest of Hestia.
As a result, Ares"fell in love" with Silvia, and soon the princess gave birth to twin children for the god of war, and then returned to Olympus.
After killing Silvia's father, the princess's uncle Amulius, who was trying to usurp the throne, was very worried when he heard this and ordered his servants to put the two babies in a basket and throw them into the Tiber River.
But with the secret help of the gods, Tiber's basket rushed to the desolate river bank and ran aground next to a fig tree on the bank. A mythical beast she-wolf raised them and even gave herself to the brothers.
This pair of brothers, one is named Romu and the other is named Remus.
Seeing this famous name, the ending of the story is obvious.
The brothers eventually overthrew the usurper.
After that, the two brothers prepared to build a new city on which to build a new kingdom.
The two brothers each had their own vision of where the city should be built, and after some disputes, they finally adopted the choice of their elder brother Romulus.
So Romulus thrust his spear into the Palatine, where Rome was founded.
After that, Rome passed on for several generations. With the support of the gods, Rome expanded rapidly and almost unified most of the northern coast of the Mediterranean.
Also because the founder of Rome, Romulus, was the son of Ares, the mortals of Rome gradually reestablished their faith in the gods.
This time, it was indeed a victory for the Olympian gods - through the establishment of Rome, they not only regained their influence over mortals in one fell swoop, but also made Ares more powerful. It can be said that it killed two birds with one stone.
It is a pity that until this time, Zeus and other gods did not understand that the real purpose of their enemies was not to seize power and establish a new pantheon, nor did they truly understand how human society had changed.
At the same time, those who inherited the legacy of the Argonauts, led by Greece and Macedonia, had to deal with repeated invasions by the rising Persian Empire due to geographical reasons.
Although the major divine systems are divided into divine realms in order to avoid divine wars, the competition among the gods will not be cut off. When the gods have a tacit understanding not to take action against each other, wars between mortals are the means of struggle between the divine realms.
The Greco-Persian War represented the dispute between the Olympian and Zoroastrian pantheons.
However, unlike the Zoroastrian pantheon that fully supported the unified Persian Empire, the gods standing behind these city-states headed by Athens were not the entire Olympian pantheon, but among the Olympian gods. It's just a faction.
As the patron saint of Athens, the goddess Athena is naturally the first to bear the brunt. Other gods such as Apollo, Artemis, and Hestia will also provide help. However, Zeus and Hera only watch from the sidelines and take advantage of the opportunity. Grow Rome.
This is their plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves.
It is quite difficult for these city-states to deal with the invasion of Persia alone. The same is true at the level of gods. Although Athena is comparable to the god king Zeus, she also has helpers like Hestia, Apollo, and Artemis. , but it is still difficult to deal with the enemy's entire pantheon.
After all, this is not a head-on battle between the gods. What the two sides are competing for is not their combat power, but their divine power and the help and blessing they can provide to the mortals under their command.
At this point, although the gods of Athena's series are powerful in combat, they are unable to exert their own advantages.
Fortunately, Hecate and Aphrodite also stood up, and the power of the mage also joined the Greek coalition, so that the situation did not become one-sided.
In the first Persian invasion, the two sides fought a battle at Marathon. With the help of magic, the Greeks defeated the Persians led by Darius I with a small number and a large number.
Soon, the Persians began their second invasion, but this time, the Spartans stood up - the guardian of the Flame Gate and the King of Sparta, Leonidas, led three hundred warriors to defend Thermopylae and gave The rest of the city-states had the opportunity to fortify their walls and clear the country, and then the Greek coalition defeated the army led by Xerxes I who took over in one fell swoop at the Battle of the Gulf of Salami.
A year later, the Persians invaded for the third time, but were defeated again at Plataea. Coupled with the many internal conflicts in the empire, they were forced to retreat to the defensive.
Greece, led by Athens, gradually turned to the offensive and took the opportunity to expand its maritime power and establish Athens' hegemony in the Aegean Sea.
However, while the Greek countries had no time to look westward, the Roman Republic had taken shape and its fangs had turned to the east.
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The grass beside the river is green, and I think about my monthly ticket. The monthly ticket is unimaginable, I only dreamed about it in the past. _To read the ununderlined version of the novel, please download Feilu Novel A
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