Historical Nonfiction

The Lost Legion

After the Parthians of Persia defeated a surprisingly bad Roman army led by General Crassus, legend has it that a small band of POWs wandered through the desert and were eventually rounded up by the Han military. First-century Chinese historian Ban Gu wrote an account of a confrontation with a strange army that fought in a “fish-scale formation” — which sounds like something that was unique to Roman forces. An Oxford historian who compared ancient records claimed that the lost Roman legion founded a small town near the Gobi desert named Liqian, which in Chinese translates to Rome. DNA tests are being conducted to settle that claim and hopefully explain some of the residents’ green eyes, blond hair, and fondness for bullfighting.

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   that’s super interesting!

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   ahh! Can’t wait for the results.

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    If this doesn’t cry out...alternate history treatment, I don’t know what does!

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