On October 23rd 2025, in Besançon, Ekaterina Nechaeva, together with Khodadad Rezakhani, participated to the workshop “Diplomacy in the Late Antique World”, organized by Audrey Becker, with a talk titled “Ērān in Tūrān and Hrōm: Sasanian Diplomacy Between the Steppe Land and the Mediterranean in the Sixth Century”. A stimulating occasion with contributions from Ostrogothic Italy to Southern India, from Axum to Northern Wei China.