After leaving the Vatican, the first stop they went to was the Capitoline Museum, a famous museum located in Piazza Capitoline.

Piazza Capitoline, one of the oldest squares in Rome, is located next to Piazza Venezia and Piazzale Romana, where they had visited before, and is the seat of the Roman municipality.

In this ancient square, there are mainly three statues of the Roman municipality, the equestrian bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius and the god of wisdom, the god of the Tiber and the human face of the sphinx.

But for Ye Tian, the most important building in this square is none other than the Capitoline Museum.

The Capitoline Museum is one of the most important museums in Rome and a must-see for all art lovers visiting Rome.

The museum was founded in 1471 AD and its original collection came from a collection of bronze sculptures donated by Pope Sixtus IV.

Since then, the museum's collection has expanded to include a large collection of Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts, as well as medieval and Renaissance art, precious stones, coins, and more.

Today, the Capitoline Museum is mainly composed of several palaces that surround Piazza Capitoline, namely the Palazzo Nuova and the Palazzo Conservative, the Palazzo Senator, and the Palazzo Clementino, which is adjacent to the Palazzo Conservative.

Connecting these ancient palaces is a promenade located under the square, called the Galleria des Gems, which is also part of the Capitoline Museum.

Just after nine o'clock in the morning, Ye Tian and his convoy came to the Capitoline Plaza and stopped on the side of the road in front of the square.

After getting out of the car one after another, they strolled into the ancient square while admiring the surrounding scenery, looking like ordinary tourists.

But in the eyes of everyone else in the square, they were no ordinary people.

The arrival of their group inevitably caused a commotion, and almost all of them looked at this side, and people were both curious and a little frightened!

"I'm going!Steven, this bastard is not good news, I hope nothing happens today!"

"No matter how crazy Steven's bastard is, he won't dare to cause trouble here! The Senator's Palace next to it is the seat of the Roman city government, and there are so many patrolling policemen in the square!"

Compared to the tourists and pedestrians in the square, the Roman police got the news a little earlier.

At this time, the Roman policemen patrolling the square were all on high alert as if they were facing a great enemy, staring closely at Ye Tian and the others in the square, not daring to relax for a moment!

And in the streets around the square, many police cars are coming from a distance, ready to support the police in Piazza Capitoline and defend the city of Rome!

Regarding the reactions of the people in the square and the reactions of the Roman police, Ye Tian saw them one by one.

But he ignored them, just smiled and nodded at the fellows, and then led Betty into the square and explained to them.

"Piazza Capitoline is another outstanding work by Michelangelo, and all the details of the square, even the design of the floor, are the work of Michelangelo.

The main buildings that make up the Capitoline Museum, the Palazzo Veo, the Palazzo Nueva, and the Palazzo Conservative, were also renovated by Michelangelo, who designed the new façade.

Unfortunately, Michelangelo died before the renovation was completed, and it took more than 400 years to complete the work according to Michelangelo's drawings,......"

While speaking, Ye Tian and the others had come to the bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius standing in the center of the square, and then stopped and began to admire this famous sculpture.

It is a tall and heroic bronze statue of a Roman Emperor Aurelius on his mount, showing a thoughtful appearance, raising his right hand to the front right, just like the other Roman leaders.

But on this statue, it seems that it does not reflect the kind of spirit that the Roman emperor commanded, as well as the domineering and heroic spirit of dominating the world!

On the contrary, it gives a sense of calm, with the Roman Emperor Aurelius looking down on the world of strife and bustle, as if to give a fatalistic exhortation to the people.

The mount under his crotch is also distinctive, although it is very vividly carved, but the posture is not agitated, but a steady stamped forward.

Unlike other statues of ancient Roman military leaders, on this famous statue, the invincible demeanor of the Roman military leader is gone, and even the demeanor of a statesman cannot be found here.

To put it simply, this bronze figure brings visitors a feeling of depression, which is very special!

Standing in front of this statue and admiring it for a while, Ye Tian's clear voice came to everyone's ears.

"The bronze statue in front of you is the famous bronze equestrian statue of Emperor Aurelius, but this is only a replica, and the real thing is in the Capitoline Museum.

Emperor Aurelius was the last of the 'Five Sages of Rome' and the last emperor of the heyday of the ancient Roman Empire.

During his reign, the Roman Empire faced tremendous border pressure, with Parthian invasions in the east and Germanic invasions in the north.

Fortunately, Emperor Aurelius was able to conquer and lead the Roman army to conquer the east and west, so that the Roman Empire barely maintained its original territory and temporarily maintained its apparent strength.

In addition to his prowes, Emperor Aurelius was a Stoic philosopher, and during his career as a horseman, he also left behind a philosophical masterpiece written in Greek, the Meditations.

After the death of Emperor Aurelius, his unsuccessful son Commodus, the young emperor who usurped the throne in the movie "Gladiator", succeeded him as the new Roman emperor.

Historically, although Commodus was not a patricide usurper, he was a cowardly, introverted, and military power, and his reign was tyrannical, and he was later killed, and the Antonine dynasty came to an end.

At this point, one of the strongest and most glorious periods in the history of the Roman Empire, the golden age of the Five Wise Emperors, was gone, and from then on, the Roman Empire gradually declined until its demise.

In the Middle Ages, most statues of Roman emperors were vandalized due to being considered pagan by Christians, but this equestrian bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius has miraculously been preserved.

Because the statue was mistaken for that of Constantine the Great, it survived and has been preserved to this day, and the original has been moved to the Capitoline Museum for conservation reasons.

There are many bronze sculptures in the city of Rome, but the equestrian bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius in the Capitoline Museum, which is housed in the Capitoline Museum, is one of the best preserved of all the ancient Roman bronze statues,......"

While admiring the tall and heroic bronze sculpture in front of him, Ye Tian introduced the hidden story behind the sculpture to Betty and the others, and the explanation was still very exciting, professional and fascinating.

Listening to his explanation, not only Betty and the others, but also the other tourists around them, everyone was even fascinated.

At the same time, everyone's understanding of this statue has become more profound.

After admiring the bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius on horseback, Ye Tian and the others soon came to the gate of the senator's palace where the Roman city government was located, and began to admire the three sculptures standing here.

In front of the gate of the Senator's Palace, there are three statues in total.

In the middle is the god of wisdom, on the right is the god of the Tiber, which is the symbol of Rome, the statue of the she-wolf nursery, and on the left is the ancient Egyptian sphinx, lifelike!

The 'she-wolf baby' statue had already been seen in other parts of Rome and had been introduced, so Ye Tian didn't repeat it again, but just explained the other two statues to Betty!

During the explanation, he did not forget to turn on the perspective, and secretly saw the three statues in front of him, as well as the inside and outside of the Senator's Palace, as well as the situation in the depths of the Capitoline Square.

As far as the eye could see, everything in front of him was seen through by Ye Tian at a glance, and there was no secret to speak of.

There are no hidden secrets on the three statues that were copied in later generations, but there are surprising discoveries in the Senate Palace and in the depths of the Capitoline Square.

In the two rooms near the square of the Senator's Palace, Ye Tian found two dark compartments one after another.

In the first darkness, he saw two old oil paintings on canvas, radiating a dazzling and beautiful light in his eyes, and many enchanting halos.

They are a work by Tintoretto, a representative painter of the late Renaissance and Venetian school, and a masterpiece by Caravaggio, a famous painter of the Baroque school.

Without exception, these two paintings are priceless top works of art, but they were hidden in the secret compartment of the Senate Palace at some point, and they have never seen the light of day!

In another compartment, there is a pile of sealed papers.

Although he did not know Italian, Ye Tian could determine from the dates marked on the documents that those documents were from the mid-to-late nineteenth century and should be related to the Italian unification movement.

In the mid-to-late nineteenth century, it was the era of the unification movement of Italy, and there were many heroes, and Rome was also in turmoil!

In addition to the dates marked on those documents, the light they radiated in Ye Tian's eyes was the best explanation and the most accurate evidence.

Deep beneath Piazza Capitoline are several Roman ruins, most of them from the Roman Republic.

The ruins are home to broken marble statues, pottery, rusty weapons, and more, as well as some of the finest antiques of great value.

There is no doubt that these treasures deep beneath the Senate and the Piazza will cause quite a stir and even rewrite part of the history of the Italian unification movement!

But it's a pity that their location is out of reach for Ye Tian, and there is no way to get them, so he can only sigh.

Unless the Italian authorities suddenly had a convulsion that day and wanted to sell the Palazzo Senate and Piazza Capitoline for money, he would be able to get these valuable treasures!

Then he was a gentleman on the beam, sneaked into the palace of the senators in the middle of the night, unknowingly opened the two dark grids, stole the two priceless oil paintings, and made a lot of money!

But Ye Tian disdained that kind of thing, and there was no need for that!

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian had finished seeping, and then retracted his gaze.

Then admiring the sculptures in front of the Senate Palace for a while, as well as the historical building of the Senator's Palace, Ye Tian and the others turned around and left, walking towards the entrance of the Capitoline Museum not far away.

Seeing them leave, several armed policemen who were guarding in front of the city hall of Rome couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

Some of the people in the city hall of Rome who received the news and observed Ye Tian through the glass window also secretly let out a sigh of relief!

Between three or two steps, Ye Tian and the others came to the entrance of the museum, and then queued up to buy tickets, and soon entered the most important museum in the city of Rome and disappeared from the square!