Conspiracy theories have been stirring people's minds for centuries. The ancient world was a real theater, on the stage of which various political forces unfolded their actions, and the wonders of the world and the greatest monuments of human civilization were erected by space aliens. In any case, the supporters of "conspiratorial" theories think so.
1. Caesar committed suicide
It is believed that Julius Caesar was killed at a meeting of the Senate in the curia of Pompey. However, there is a version that Caesan's death was a suicide. In a 2003 article for The Sunday Times Magazine, historian Richard Geerling suggested that Caesar suffered from chronic depression as well as severe seizures caused by temporal lobe epilepsy. If this was in fact, then this will help explain some of Caesar's irrational actions that he took at the end of his life, as well as the facts about his fainting and persistent diarrhea. Some believe that Caesar was well aware of the rumors about the assassination attempt, so he prudently named his grand-nephew Augustus as his successor and took his own life.
Death of Caesar: Murder or Suicide.
2. Caesarion = Jesus
A number of scientists claim that Christ was actually Caesarion - the son of Julius Caesar and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Caesarion was born in 47 BC and was known as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Plutarch says that Caesarion traveled with his mother through Ethiopia to India with a load of treasures, but returned on the advice of his mentor and killed Octavian Augustus. This theory says that the name "Jesus" actually means "son of Isis" and this supports the idea that Cleopatra was the divine reincarnation of the Egyptian goddess.
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Caesarion - son of Julius Caesar and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
Caesarion studied the healing practices of his mother's Egyptian mystery schools. He then fled to India, where he became interested in the teachings of two other gods, Lord Krishna and Buddha, and learned the secrets of Eastern mysticism. In India, Caesarion became known as Saint Issa and he eventually died in Kashmir. As a result, on the basis of the spiritual achievements of Caesarion, whose genealogy included the rulers of Rome, Egypt and Israel, the legend of Jesus Christ appeared. The same theory says that Caesarion, and, accordingly, Jesus Christ was the reincarnation of Alexander the Great through the Macedonian lineage of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty.
3. Carthaginians in America
Theories that Phoenician seafarers from Carthage had discovered America for many years. A French nobleman, Count Antoine Cours de Tapestry, studied the famous Daytona Rock inscriptions in Massachusetts in 1784 and claimed they were from Carthaginian seafarers. Geology professor McMenamin supported his theory, stating that Carthaginian maps showing lands across the Atlantic, as well as Phoenician coins found in the United States, are clear evidence of this theory.
David Hatcher Childress, in his book The Lost Cities of North and Central America, wrote that the Carthaginians living in the coastal cities of the Atlantic fled from the Romans after Carthage was destroyed during the Third Punic War. And they allegedly fled west across the Atlantic Ocean and settled in countries around the Gulf of Mexico. They became the ancestors of the Toltecs, a warlike people who conquered the Maya.
Also Hans Giffhorn, professor emeritus of cultural studies at the universities of Göttingen and Hildesheim, claims that the writings of Diodorus and pseudo-Aristotle clearly indicate that the Carthaginians discovered an uninhabited island behind the pillars of Hercules (he believes that it was Brazil).
4. Battle of the Catalaunian Fields
In 451, the invasions of the Huns clashed with the united alliance of the imperial Roman army and the Goths, who created an autonomous kingdom in Aquitaine. The threat of Attila's invasion prompted the Roman emperor Valentinian III to ally with the Goths, despite their feuds. The opposing armies met in the Catalaunian fields. The Romans, under the command of the commander Aetius, managed to push the Huns back. However, the Visigoth king Theodoric died in battle, and his son Thorismud was wounded. The next day, Aetius advised Thorismund to hurry home to Toulouse in order to establish his rule as the new king. The Visigoths left the battlefield, and the Huns suddenly retreated after them.
The seventh-century Burgundian historian Fredegar stated that the whole battle was carefully orchestrated by Aetius, who feared that victory would only strengthen the new kingdom of the Goths "at Rome's side" and decided to spare the Huns as a counterweight to the Goths. Fredegar claimed that the night after the battle, Aetius secretly sneaked into Attila's camp, told him about the approaching reinforcements of the Goths, and promised to force them to leave in exchange for 10,000 solidi. Then Aetius allegedly went to Thorismund and promised to convince Attila in exchange for 10,000 solidi to release the young king. So Aetius got rid of a strong competitor and earned 20,000 gold solidi.
5. Murder of Alexander the Great
It has long been believed that Alexander the Great and his mother Olympia conspired to kill Alexander's father, Philip II of Macedon. One confirmation of this is that the likely killer of Philip was executed at the scene, unable to explain why he did it or tell who he worked for.
Alexander's own death in Babylon in 323 BC. after the traditional feast with the generals, it also remains a mystery. Many historians believe that Alexander the Great was poisoned with strychnine by order of his Macedonian regent Antipater. Allegedly, Alexander's mother warned Antipater that Alexander summoned the governor to Babylon to depose him.
6. Plato and the New World Order
Considered the greatest philosopher in history, Plato has also been credited with several conspiracy theories. Some people believe that Plato was clearly influenced by the traditions of the East, after which he actually laid the foundations for the emergence of the Jewish mystical teaching - Kabbalah. Supposedly, the Illuminati and Zionists alluded to Plato when designing a utopian society for their New World Order. For conspiracy theorists, Plato's theory is at the heart of plans for a future world government that will eliminate marriage and family, spread eugenics, and make education compulsory. The vision of a new world order was promoted by thinkers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche and the neoconservative Leo Strauss.
7. Confucius
Despite the fact that Mao Zedong was originally an adherent of Confucian philosophy, he began to sharply criticize the ancient Confucian traditions already during the Cultural Revolution. China's state media once stated, “Despite the fact that Confucius died, his corpse continues to stink even today. Its poison has penetrated deep into the minds of the Chinese, and its influence is too extensive. From about the 1960s to the 1980s, Confucius was heavily criticized in China as a symbol of conservatism and tradition. The reason for this was simple: Marshal Lin Biao, in the struggle for power with Mao Zedong, relied on the sayings of Confucius.
As a result, stories from the life of the philosopher were rewritten in a completely perverse version. For example, an alternative biography of Confucius was written, according to which he was the second son in a family of slave owners and dreamed of restoring slave power among the aristocracy. At the age of 30, he allegedly created a school in which the sons of aristocrats and officials were taught the importance of slavery.
8. Moses is Pharaoh Akhenaten
The Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten became famous for his unsuccessful attempt to create a monotheistic cult of Aton. Some modern historians believe that Akhenaten and the biblical prophet Moses are one and the same person. For example, there are references in the Bible that supposedly prove that Moses was an Egyptian. A certain Ahmed Osman claims that Akhenaten was born in the royal palace and was the son of Amenhotep II. However, the child's life was threatened by the priests of Amun, since his mother, Queen Tia, was not the rightful heir to the throne.
The child was taken out of the palace and raised in his grandfather's house in Israel. Later, Akhenaten moved to Heliopolis to study, and then at 16 he moved to the capital of Thebes. He fell in love with his half-sister Nefertiti, the heiress to the throne, and turned the priests of Amun against himself by starting to build temples to Aten, the new sun god. All this led to a coup, as a result of which Akhenaten was forced to flee with his followers to the south of Sinai. He lived there for 25 years before returning to Egypt to challenge the reigning pharaoh Ramses.
The story of the failed pharaoh and his exile allegedly later turned into the story of Moses. Osman argues that most of the characters described in the Old Testament were actually Egyptians, and the Ten Commandments were based on the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
9. Xia and Shang are from Africa
Some proponents of the theory of the origin of human civilization in Africa argue that the first inhabitants of mainland China were black Africans. They claim that immigrants from Africa migrated through Iran to the territory of modern China. The allegedly legendary founder of the Chinese civilization, Huangdi, was previously known under the name Hu Nak Kunte, which can be associated with the surname Kunte, which is common among the African people of the Manding. The Xia and Shang dynasties of China were African, and the Zhou dynasty is considered the first "Mongoloid" dynasty. Researcher Clyde Winters claims that Europe and China were inhabited by black civilizations.
10. Temple of King Solomon
The legendary Temple of King Solomon plays an important role in Judaism, Christianity and Freemasonry. That being said, he is also a central element in many conspiracy theories. Early Masonic authors believe that their order was created in the building of the Temple of Solomon. These researchers indicate that Masonic rituals were first developed in this temple and reached modern Masons through the centuries with minor changes. Some say that Solomon, Hiram and Hiram Abiff were occultists, each of whom possessed one of the sacred Words of God that they used in rituals.