Use code VOICE50 to get 50% off your first Factor box at ! ------------------------------------- Written and Researched by Dr Raoul McLaughlin: Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Original Art by Alex Stoica Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza References: McLaughlin, R. Rome and the Distant East (2010) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016) McLaughlin, Kim & Lieu, Rome and China: Points of Contact (2021) Image Credits: : : :L%C3% :Moulage_de_la_Colonne_Trajane_(EUR,_Rome)_(5911256989).jpg :Capsarius_(Trajans%C3%A4ule).jpg :7_Statuen_nubischer_kuschitischer_K%C3% :Combat_between_Achilles_and_Memnon,_Grave_amphora_southern_Italy, (chariot)#/media/File: : :Relief_of_Soldiers_of_the_Praetorian_Guard_05_(51222075915).jpg : : :Mer%C3%B6e_pyramids_reliefs_(13)_(34681435896).jpg :Mer%C3%B6e_pyramids_reliefs_(15)_(34590571511).jpg : : :Pompey_the_Great,_Augustean_copy_of_a_70-60_BC_original,_Venice_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_(22205132751).jpg : :Testa_in_pietra_con_pi%C3%B9_facce,_da_corleck_hill, , : %C3%B3n#/media/Archivo: %E2%80%93Parthian_Wars#/media/File: : 00:00 The Edge of The Empire 06:38 West: Beyond Carthage (146 BC) 17:34 East: Hunting Mithridates (65 BC) 28:11 South: The Incense Trails (25 BC) 37:53 Further East: The Counterlanders (52 AD) 49:17 Further South: The Source of the Nile (61 AD) 01:04:35 North: The Forests of Germania (61 AD) 01:14:48 Further North: Advance and Engage! (43 - 85 AD) 01:23:46 Onward To Thule! (84 AD) 01:35:16 The Map (150 AD)