A Roman Legion Lost in China? -- Parts 1 & 2

Archnews UK ^ | January/February 2011 | Paddy Lambert

[SunkenCiv]

It all started in 1957 when... Homer H Dubs published a paper entitled: 'A Roman City in Ancient China'... he stated that captured soldiers from the battle of Carrhae had been settled and used as mercenaries (and even formed a town!) in North Western China, in what is now the Gansu province... there is a Chinese record, called 'History of the former Han Dynasty'... the story of a territorial battle between the Huns and the Chinese in a place called ZhiZhi, identified today as Zhambal, Uzbekistan, in the year 36 BC... A general in command of the Chinese was a man named Chen Tang, and his account of the battle... stated that his warriors faced off against a unit of soldiers which numbered more than a hundred using a very strange formation, he described it as a 'fish scale formation'... similarity to the 'testudo' (Latin for tortoise), the famous formation used by the Romans... He does make note of other feature of the Roman military too, a wooden palisade being placed outside the walls; this according to Dubs was almost exclusively a Roman practice at this time.

[SunkenCiv]

Map illustrating alleged route of the lost legion. (Asia)

'Cai Luoma' (Cai the Roman) resident of Liqian. Alongside a bust of M.L.Crassus. (off beat Asia)

[SunkenCiv]

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• Romans in China?
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• Chinese villagers 'descended from Roman soldiers'
• Ancient European Remains Discovered In Qinghai (China)
• Archeologists discover ancient graffiti on China's Great Wall
• Roman Legion Founded Chinese City
• 1700-Year-Old 'Roman Glass' Discovered In East China
• Romans May Have Learned From Chinese Great Wall: Archaeologists
• Roman Descendants Found In China?
• Roman-Style Column Bolsters Han Dynasty Tomb

climate etc

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• Study: Climate change contributed to fall of Roman empire
• Attila the Hun and the Battle of Chalons (MilHist)

other contact

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• Extracts of Cyrus Cylinder found in China
• The Sand Dune Forgotten By Time (Caucasian Mummies In China - More )
• On The Presence Of Non-Chinese At Anyang
• In Mongolia Archaeologists Discover Permafrost Mummy With Fur Coat (Scythian Soldier - 2,500 YO)

other lands

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• How We Loved The Romans (Scotland Celts)
• Romans in Brazil During the Second or Third Century?
• Tamil Trade
• South Indians in Roman Egypt?
• Romans In Brazil During The Second Third Century?
• When In Vietnam, Build Boats As The Romans Do

[SunkenCiv]

• The Romans in Ireland

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[bubman]

bump

[decimon]

Where’s part two? I’m feeling deceived. What a letdown. ;-)

[decimon]

Oh, okay, I found it. http://www.archnews.co.uk/featured/5188-a-lost-legion-in-china-part-2.html

[I Buried My Guns]

This is super cool.

Thank you!

[DCBryan1]

Love the Lost Legion threads...(and anything Roman Republic era).

[SMARTY]

Did anyone here see ‘The Eagle’??

[SunkenCiv]

Oh yeah, sorry... the second part is linked from the pictures up there. :’) I did that because both pics are used in part 2 and not part 1, and the part 1 pics were duds.

[Ueriah]

Not yet - is it any good?

[maryz]

Thanks for the great links! :)

[SunkenCiv]

There are no eagles in Rhodes.

[SMARTY]

I don’t know, I didn’t go yet and I am trying to see if anyone knows about it.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure. See also this keyword:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/liquan/index

[beebuster2000]

if true that is one hellacious long hike.

[A Texan]

Me too. I very much enjoy the Roman history threads.

[Larry Lucido]

No wonder I’m craving chow mein alfredo.

[Larry Lucido]

No wonder I’m craving chow mein alfredo.