What was the Japanese perception of the Roman Empire?

The Western Roman Empire fell sometime in the 5th century. There isn't much that's interesting from 5th century Japan aside from numerous giant royal burial mounds known as kofun. There is a kofun from 5th century Japan that included Roman glassware as a burial item. read more

The Western Roman Empire fell sometime in the 5th century. There isn't much that's interesting from 5th century Japan aside from numerous giant royal burial mounds known as kofun. There is a kofun from 5th century Japan that included Roman glassware as a burial item. read more

Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines and Dragon Blade, films based on Sino-Roman relations Empire of Dragons, a novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, based on a hypothetical contact between the Romans and Chinese. read more