Funny enough, there was some limited contact between the two. The Chinese referred to the Romans as Daqin, ‘Great Qin’, itself suggesting that the Chinese saw the Romans as a great dynasty like the Qin before the Han. Fuckin’ Parthians put effort into making sure the two didn’t meet though - would’ve been bad for Parthian trade if the Parthians weren’t in such a great position as middlemen, with two major business partners almost completely unaware of each other. Good business sense though, I’ll give the Parthians that.
Funny enough, there was some limited contact between the two. The Chinese referred to the Romans as Daqin, ‘Great Qin’, itself suggesting that the Chinese saw the Romans as a great dynasty like the Qin before the Han. Fuckin’ Parthians put effort into making sure the two didn’t meet though - would’ve been bad for Parthian trade if the Parthians weren’t in such a great position as middlemen, with two major business partners almost completely unaware of each other. Good business sense though, I’ll give the Parthians that.