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The grandfather of Constans II was named Heraclius, the founder of the Heraclius dynasty in Rome. However, although Heraclius successfully prevented the invasion of Persia, he was unable to fight against the rapidly rising eclipse. During his reign, he lost provinces such as Syria and Egypt.

When later generations commented on the emperor Heraclius, they all used a very regrettable tone. Although he was a hero, he met Muhammad, the great prophet of the Arabs, which made Heraclius's life doomed. a tragedy.

After the death of Heraclius, his eldest son and second son jointly ascended the throne and became co-emperors of Rome. Among them, the eldest son Constantine III was the father of Constantine II, but it is a pity that this Constantine Ding III died as soon as he came to the throne, and some people accused Heraclius' second son of poisoning his elder brother, so after a "rebellion", the only remaining emperor in Rome was exiled, the ten-year-old gentleman Tanz II ascends the throne.

Although Constantine II and Prince Theodosius were brothers, they were not born to the same mother. The mother of Constantine II was the first wife of his father Constantine III, and Prince Diodosius was born to the same mother. The mother of Prince Odosi was the second wife of Constantine III, and the two were half brothers.

The mother of Prince Theodosius was an ambitious woman who wanted to make her son the emperor of the Roman Empire. Therefore, when Constans II ascended the throne, she was strongly opposed by her and suggested that her son Diodosius be the emperor of the Roman Empire. Odossi ascended the throne, but unfortunately did not succeed.Later, she proposed to give her son the title of "Augustus", making Theodosius the co-emperor of Rome, but because the father of Constantine II was murdered by another co-emperor, her The proposal was rejected again.Capital Datang 657

Two efforts failed to make her son emperor, but the mother did not give up. In the following years, the mother of Prince Theodosius bullied Constans II when she was young, and tried to seize power several times , it's a pity that her methods are really not very clever.Therefore, I have not been able to fulfill my wish, and died of a sudden illness a few years ago.

It was also because of Theodosius' mother that the relationship between the two brothers of Constans II was not good, so after Theodosius lost his mother's asylum, he was sent to Asia Minor by Constans II On the front line of the peninsula, what he didn't even expect was that Theodosius was extremely talented in military affairs, and he led the Roman phalanx to fight the big cannibal with vigor.He even united a group of generals by his side.

Seeing this situation, Constans II worried that Theodosius would not be able to lose in the outer tail, so he was promoted to the consul of the Roman Legion and transferred back to Constantinople from the front line. Dorsey has been promoted, but he is actually under the supervision of Constans II, and his power as a consul has also been greatly reduced, and he can't accuse many troops at all.

Most of the upper-class nobles in Eastern Rome knew about the grievances between the brothers of Constans II.I also know that although Prince Theodosius looks high and powerful, he is actually similar to a prisoner.Therefore, ordinary nobles are unwilling to deal with him, lest they be misunderstood by Constans II and get into trouble.

After figuring out the entanglement, Li Ke finally understood the current situation of Prince Theodosius. The reason why he invited him that day was probably because he wanted to make friends with him. After all, if he could make friends with the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Then his life will be easier in the future.It's just that Li Ke didn't need to get into such trouble because of a stranger.

In addition to the matter of Prince Theodosius.Li Ke also learned some secrets about the Roman nobles from Irina, among which there were quite a lot of dirty things, for example, the youngest son of a certain grand duke was actually his grandson.The two marquises fought because of a handsome male slave, and so on. Although Irina didn't deliberately collect them, she still heard a lot of them under her influence.In addition, when she and Li Ke were in love, all these things were told, and they were all jokes.

Compared with the situation in Eastern Rome, what Li Ke is most interested in is the surrounding area of ​​Eastern Rome, especially the situation in the Mediterranean Sea, which has aroused Li Ke's great interest.

When Rome was at its strongest, the entire Mediterranean Sea was the inland sea of ​​Rome. It was only later that the Eastern and Western Romes were divided, and the northern barbarians invaded, causing the Western Rome to perish. In this way, the Eastern Roman Empire is still the overlord of the Mediterranean, at least on the sea, there is no force that can compete with them.

The Mediterranean Sea is the dividing line between Asia and Africa, and the south coast is North Africa, which originally belonged to the territory of the Roman Empire, but more than ten years ago, Egypt was captured by the Great Food, and some of the remaining North African territories were also invaded by Western European barbarians. It has long since become independent from the Roman Empire.

As for the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, the situation is more complicated than that of the southern shore. The north shore is mainly composed of three peninsulas, including the Iberian Peninsula in the west, the Apennine Peninsula with the city of Rome in the middle, and the closest to Constantinople in the east. Balkan Peninsula.

Originally, these three peninsulas belonged to the territory of the Roman Empire, but after the split of East and West Rome, the western Iberian Peninsula and the Apennine Peninsula belonged to the territory of the Western Roman Empire. Unfortunately, they were invaded by northern barbarians and Western Rome perished. The side of Rome tried to drive out these barbarians several times and regain the territory of Western Rome, but they failed, and finally simply gave up these lands.

It is precisely because of this that among the three peninsulas, only the easternmost Balkan Peninsula still belongs to the Eastern Roman Empire.As for the remaining two peninsulas, they are respectively controlled by two major forces.

Among them, the Apennine Peninsula, the birthplace of the Roman Empire, had the most twists and turns. At the beginning, the West Rome was invaded by the Visigoths of the Germans. As a result, the city of Rome was captured, and the Visigoths plundered the city for three days. The entire city of Rome was severely damaged.

More than 30 years later, the Vandals who migrated to North Africa invaded from the sea and captured the city of Rome again, causing devastating damage to Rome. The number of survivors in Rome after the war was less than 7000.At the same time, the emperor was killed, and the queen and two princesses were snatched away by the Vandals, and one of the princesses became the queen of the Vandals.

It was also because of the successive invasions by foreigners that the strength of the Western Roman Empire was gradually declining, especially the invasion of the Huns Arati. Finally, the Western Roman Empire and the northern barbarians were united, but they could not resist. Fortunately, after the death of Alati, the kingdom of the Huns established by him also split up, and the Eastern and Western Roman Empires also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the already weakened Western Roman Empire was no longer able to support it after this blow. Almost all of the later Western Roman emperors were abolished by the barbarians in the north, and many barbarians even directly established their sons as emperors. , This situation continued until the late fifth century, when the last Nepers of the Western Roman Empire was assassinated, and the Western Roman Empire officially fell.

Although the Western Roman Empire was destroyed, the Apennine Peninsula was still there, but the entire peninsula fell into the hands of the Germanic barbarians. Later, the Lombards, which belonged to the Germans in the north, rose and unified the entire Apennine Peninsula. A powerful kingdom was established, that is, the Kingdom of Lombardy, which lasted until the arrival of Li Ke. This kingdom still occupies most of the Apennine Peninsula.

On the Iberian Peninsula to the west of the Apennine Peninsula, there is also a kingdom established by the Germans. The founder of this kingdom was the Visigoths who had robbed Rome before.

After these Visigoths sacked Rome, they settled on the Iberian Peninsula and drove the Vandals and Alans on the peninsula to North Africa.Later, these Visigoths established a kingdom, the Kingdom of Visigoths, which ruled the entire Iberian Peninsula, so in a sense, this kingdom is the half of the later Kingdom of Spain.Capital Datang 657

Generally speaking, the entire northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea is divided into three major powers, from west to east, they are the Visigothic Kingdom, the Lombard Kingdom and the Eastern Roman Empire.It is also worth mentioning that the northeast of the Visigothic Kingdom and the northwest of the Lombard Kingdom are the famous Frankish Kingdom in later generations, but these stupid Germans are still playing with unification, division, reunification, and reunification for the time being. In the game of splitting again, the kingdom is in chaos, and it has no impact on the Mediterranean Sea for the time being.

After figuring out the distribution of forces along the Mediterranean coast, Li Ke suddenly came up with an extremely bold idea.The purpose of his going to America is actually to find a place for him to develop independently, but whether it is Africa or America, he feels a little dissatisfied. After learning about the situation around the Mediterranean, Li Ke suddenly found a very A stage suitable for him to play.

Now the Eastern Roman Empire is not only threatened by the Great Food, but also the northern barbarians are their eternal enemies. On the battlefield where the northern and barbarians fought, bloodshed has never stopped, and even the homeland of Western Rome cannot be regained.

So in this case, if Li Ke joins the competition of various forces in the Mediterranean in the name of Datang's aid to Rome, although it may cause dissatisfaction from Rome, under the threat of Dashi, they will definitely not If you dare to object clearly, try to choose a place far away from Rome to develop, and don't stimulate Rome's nerves too much. After you gain a foothold in the Mediterranean region, then Rome's reaction will be insignificant, and the other party may even return. Try to win over your own powerful force.

This idea was that when Li Ke was chatting with Irina, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then he firmly grasped it, and it quickly took root in Li Ke's heart.And he also deduced this idea later, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it became.

But after all, this is only Li Ke's idea. If it wants to become a truly feasible plan, it must be verified by other people. At least Li Ke has to convince his two right-hand men, Cen Changqian and Wang Fangyi. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m. to read.)