Question

What did the ancient Chinese and Romans knew about each other

Answer 1

Ancient China and the Roman Empire were in indirect contact with each other, as they both knew of the existence of the other one.

Their cultural exchange consisted mostly of the indirect trade of goods, such as Chinese silk, Roman glassware and silverware, and cotton. Coins were exchanged between the two places thanks to the Silk Road. Most of the contact between these people, however, was done in an indirect way through the intermediate empires that existed in Central Asia, such as the Parthians and the Kushans.

Answer 2

During the ancient times, it is evident that the Chinese and Romans knew each other.For instance, the Chinese knew the Kushans as the Yueh-chi, because these people were displaced from their original habitats due to harassment by some other communities.They went and settled to another place and this could have created an unknown relationship between Chinese and Romans.