Clothing And Media: Spiritual Silk In Rome (1)

In the first century AD, the Romans knew the people from the Far East through the Parthe Mysterious Silk The Romans called it serica. It is speculated that serica - the word Yiwu Shanchu originated from the Chinese word "silk", but its pronunciation changed during the business trip. The Romans knew nothing about the origin of silk, and once believed that it was made by the Selves on the far border. In the thinking of the Romans, there seemed to be a country called "China". Judging from the time and geographical location, this country was probably founded in the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC. Like the Romans, the Chinese are right Rome I didn't know anything, so I imagined that they were very similar to me, so I called Rome "Daqin".

In Western literature, silk is associated with a series of fascinating stories, which to some extent increases the mystery of silk. In 60 BC, the Roman Republic across Europe, Asia and Africa fell into a political crisis. After the Spartak slave uprising was suppressed, the chivalry democrats became active again. Caesar, as the leader of the democrats, attacked the dictatorship of Sura, which caused a great sensation. Krasu and Pompey, who enjoyed the same political honor as Caesar, were also elected consuls in 70 BC for their political turn to democracy, so these three aristocrats with political ambitions began to peep into the highest administrative power. In order to fight against the interference of the Senate aristocrats, Caesar and Crassus actively formed an alliance with Pompey, forming the "former three heroes" ruling period of the Roman Republic.

Since then, Caesar and Pompey have improved their political prestige by relying on foreign wars, which makes Kelasu, who gained personal prestige by suppressing the Spartak slave uprising, envy them very much. In 53 BC, as the governor of Syria, Kelasu led seven Roman legions across the Euphrates River to launch the war against Parthia. He met the Persians who came from the Sabbath and launched the famous Battle of Kalle. The Roman legion is famous for its bravery and fighting skills, while the Persians have successfully played the role of bows and arrows, avoiding hand to hand combat as much as possible, making the Roman heroes who are skilled in this field useless. The dense arrows like raindrops made the Roman soldiers who dared to charge feel helpless and creepy, and also made the battle that Crassus thought could be quickly decided become a painful tug of war.

Just when the Roman soldiers who fought with their shields and willpower were exhausted, another incredible thing happened. In the midday sun, the Persian army suddenly launched their bright and dazzling "military flag", which made Roman soldiers dazzled and panicked. They could not figure out what "special weapons" the Persians were holding, and felt that the original purpose of the battle was just to fight for the personal honor of the Grand Marshal, and even suspected that the other side was protected by God. The Roman Legion finally collapsed. Krasu couldn't help himself when he saw his son dying in the battlefield, and his defeat was like a mountain fall. In order to avoid becoming a prisoner of the Sabbath, he committed suicide. Crassus and 20000 Roman soldiers fell into a pool of blood together... As for the gold embroidered and colorful military flags that dazzled the Roman army in this devastating battle, the historian Florence believed that these were the first silk fabrics that the Romans had never seen before.

In 48 BC, Cesar Pompey's forces were attacked in all provinces, especially in the battle of Faselas in Greece. Pompey's entire line collapsed, fled to Egypt, and was killed. Caesar followed him and overthrew the government of Egypt on the pretext that the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt had killed Pompeii, and lifted Cleopatra, the empress who "loved" him, to the throne. Although the city of Alexandria in the Nile Delta of Egypt was abandoned in the last year of Queen Cleopatra (30 BC) because of the annexation of Egypt by Rome, Queen Cleopatra, as the first beauty at the western end of the Silk Road, became a topic of great interest on the Silk Road. As a winner in the Eastern War, Caesar has the opportunity to show off his booty in Rome. At a victory banquet and performance venue, Caesar suddenly took off his coat and revealed his silk gown, which surprised and envied everyone present and made them dumbfounded. This kind of textile was so soft, comfortable and dazzling that it became popular throughout the Roman Empire. Noble men and women competed to wear silk robes to show their noble status. Pliny, a Roman writer in the first century AD, said in his Natural History: "The country of Siris is famous for the silk produced in the forest. This silk grows on trees, soaked with water first, combed and woven into silk. Roman ladies make clothes with dazzling materials. Transportation throughout the world is extremely difficult."