On Rome, Diadems and other Topics Between Iran and Turfan

The aim of the present contribution is to approach a series of items related to cultural interrelationships amid a vaste geographical area stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to Central Asia, on the footstep of those networking paths of the Silk Roads. This Sino-Indo-Mediterranean continent was a cultural and commercial web of Antiquity, the importance of which is currently well-known in the realm of geo-politics, energy policy, trade and economics. My essay will focus on textual data concerning the attestation of “Rome” or the adjective “Roman” and the title “Caesar” as evidence of the renown and prestige of that city and imperium. Furthermore, I will cite other evidence to illustrate the knowledge and diffusion of western (Greek-Hellenistic) subjects in the Middle East, Central Asia and China