From Rome to China. On the Silk Roads in the time of the Caesars.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 17978 |
| Format | 14 x 22.5 |
| Détails | 422 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
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Belles Lettres' "Réalia" collection. After a perilous and exhausting journey, Roman citizens arrived in China in 166 AD and were received by the Han emperor in his capital, Chang'an, near present-day Xi'an. It was the end of an extraordinary journey during which, from Alexandria in India, across the Bay of Bengal to the Malay Peninsula and the coasts of Annam, they had to face all dangers to reach the fabulous riches of China. Jean-Noël Robert not only shares this extraordinary adventure with us, with exceptional evocative power. He also shows us what the image of China was in imperial Rome, what the meeting points of Roman and Chinese cultures were, and their reciprocal influences: it is one of the most unknown and astonishing pages of world history that is brought to life here. Jean-Noël Robert, a Latinist and historian of Rome, has already published several works with Belles Lettres, including The Pleasures of Rome, Roman Eros, and Rome, Glory and Liberty. At the Sources of European Identity. He also directs the "Realia" collection and the "Belles Lettres Guides to Civilizations," in which he has authored two volumes, "Rome" and "The Etruscans." A great traveler, he has traveled extensively through Central Asia, China, and Southeast Asia, journeys he describes in a more personal book, "Asia at Heart" (published by Belles Lettres).
Belles Lettres' "Réalia" collection. After a perilous and exhausting journey, Roman citizens arrived in China in 166 AD and were received by the Han emperor in his capital, Chang'an, near present-day Xi'an. It was the end of an extraordinary journey during which, from Alexandria in India, across the Bay of Bengal to the Malay Peninsula and the coasts of Annam, they had to face all dangers to reach the fabulous riches of China. Jean-Noël Robert not only shares this extraordinary adventure with us, with exceptional evocative power. He also shows us what the image of China was in imperial Rome, what the meeting points of Roman and Chinese cultures were, and their reciprocal influences: it is one of the most unknown and astonishing pages of world history that is brought to life here. Jean-Noël Robert, a Latinist and historian of Rome, has already published several works with Belles Lettres, including The Pleasures of Rome, Roman Eros, and Rome, Glory and Liberty. At the Sources of European Identity. He also directs the "Realia" collection and the "Belles Lettres Guides to Civilizations," in which he has authored two volumes, "Rome" and "The Etruscans." A great traveler, he has traveled extensively through Central Asia, China, and Southeast Asia, journeys he describes in a more personal book, "Asia at Heart" (published by Belles Lettres).