As I understand it, they were captured by the Parthians in the Battle of Carrhae 53BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae/. Thereafter they were used as border guards against the chinese further east. There were certainly no easy escape routes if you were POW in those days;-(
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As I understand it, they were captured by the Parthians in the Battle of Carrhae 53BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae/. Thereafter they were used as border guards against the chinese further east. There were certainly no easy escape routes if you were POW in those days ;-(