طريق الحرير (الشريان العابر لأوراسيا)

“Zhang Qian was the first who opened communication with the lands to the west... caravans were sent out one after another, their numbers reaching ten or more in a single year.”

“At the lowest computation, India, the Seres [Chinese], and the Arabian Peninsula drain our empire of one hundred million sesterces every year: so dearly do we pay for our luxury and our women.”