Compared with its historical achievements, the written materials left by Rome can be said to be pitiful. * * * The Republic period was fine, but the empire period was almost blank for a lot of time. Several history books written by the Romans themselves were handed down incomplete.

Now we know more about Rome, because its archaeological work has been going on for centuries, and inscriptions, letters, murals and sculptures have been unearthed. Gave us a lot of details of life at that time.

In contrast, China's field archaeology has only been carried out for several decades, and its achievements are certainly incomparable.