Sino-Roman relations

[Iohannes Aurum]

I found this interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Roman relations. It is about the relations between the Roman Empire and Han China, which were among the two largest and powerful empires in the world two millenia ago and both were interested in the culture of the other empire. There is also a comparison of the two regarding their respective empires.

 

[Chamaeleo]

I had a good read through that. It's an interesting topic. It's a pity there wasn't more contact.

 

[Decimvs]

I just listened to a Teaching Company Lecture on this exact subject the other day, very interesting indeed.

Lecture 7 from this series: http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/CourseDescL ... x?cid=8080 deals with the issue of comparison of these two empires, a wonderful lecture.

 

[Matthaeus]

Yeah well too bad all the lectures are for sale!

 

[Iohannes Aurum]

Fortunately, good information on Sino-Roman relations and comparison between the Roman Empire and Han China are both available for free. Just read the first post.

 

[paruos]

It's an interesting topic, indeed. I'll pay better attention to it soon, I hope. (I didn't read all the article, but, once it coincided with turning eyes to the East, last weeks, I did take a look at it. I was willing to comment then, but never did.)