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... Roman embassy in A.D. 166 . 38. Further intercourse ; Roman embassy in 284. Apparent suspension of intercourse till 643 , when another embassy arrived . 39. Further intercourse during the eighth century . 40. Missions from ...
... Roman embassy in A.D. 166 . 38. Further intercourse ; Roman embassy in 284. Apparent suspension of intercourse till 643 , when another embassy arrived . 39. Further intercourse during the eighth century . 40. Missions from ...
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... Roman history ; this is in the representation of the historian Florus that among the numerous missions from remote nations that sought the footstool of Augustus there came envoys also from the Seres1 . [ The Seres who are mentioned by ...
... Roman history ; this is in the representation of the historian Florus that among the numerous missions from remote nations that sought the footstool of Augustus there came envoys also from the Seres1 . [ The Seres who are mentioned by ...
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... Romans . The latter , we are assured , were exceedingly desirous of such communication , but the Asi , who were very inferior to the people of the Roman empire in the arts of weaving and the quality of dyes , feared to lose the profits ...
... Romans . The latter , we are assured , were exceedingly desirous of such communication , but the Asi , who were very inferior to the people of the Roman empire in the arts of weaving and the quality of dyes , feared to lose the profits ...
Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinae Sinae | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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