Quote Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios
I'm immensely grateful to you, Elmetiacos! This was trully great, I hope people can keep information coming in. I'm mostly interested in how the Greeks(Wusun?) saw the Chinese and vice-versa.

I saw somewhere on the site you posted that the Chinese saw the Greeks (Baktrians) as ''people poor in the use of arms and afraid of battle, but clever at commerce''. How would the Greeks describe the Chinese? Where they (Chinese) really that better at use of arms?

From my very limited knowledge of Chinese warfare, I am under the impression that the Chinese used a lot of horsemen, chariots,archers and swordsmen. Since they developed these forces cause they suited their geography, my guess is that they would be better in their own country.
The same goes for Greeks.


As for how Greeks would describe Chinese? Who knows.

Perhaps like: "Short people with weird characteristics, strange clothing and great great NUMBERS."



No offense to any Chinese here.