@beyondborders_maps: Gan Ying: The Man Who Almost Reached Rome 🌍 #history #SilkRoad #China #Rome #HanDynasty #AncientWorld #explorers In 97 AD, Chinese envoy Gan Ying set out to reach Rome. He made it as far as the Persian Gulf, but Parthian sailors warned the sea voyage would take years. So he turned back — but not empty-handed. His report to the Han court included wild tales of Roman glory, likely fueled by sailor gossip. He never saw Rome, but shaped how China imagined it for centuries.