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Could There Have Been a Lost Roman Legion in China? - Neatorama

There is a theory that an area of China once called Liqian was settled by around 145 middle-aged Roman soldiers more than two thousand years ago. Roman Legionnaires smack-dab in the middle of China? A clue may lie in the place name, as Liqian was used to refer to the Roman world. The story goes that the Roman army lost the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC near where Turkey and Syria meet today. That's historical. Thousands of Romans were captured and sent east to defend other parts of the Parthian Emp