Check out a book called "Black Horse Odyssey" by David Harris (isbn 1-862452-270-8) it was first published in 1991 by the Wakefield Press.
The Roman troops in question were the remnants of a Roman army led by Crassus (the guy who finally wacked Sparticus) that was defeated by the Parthians in 53BC. A portion of the captives were transported to the Sogdian Rock (a fort taken by Alexander the Great many years before). Sometime later a Chinese army entered that part of the world and captured the Rock but they were impressed with the Romans fighting ability (the fish scale formation) and they took 280 or so of em back to China where they ended up on frontier duty for the Chinese. David Harris was put onto the case when he saw some images of come Chinese military art that was done in the style of Roman art. Also the buildings in the area are proportioned after from practice rather than Chinese.
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Check out a book called "Black Horse Odyssey" by David Harris (isbn 1-862452-270-8) it was first published in 1991 by the Wakefield Press. The Roman troops in question were the remnants of a Roman army led by Crassus (the guy who finally wacked Sparticus) that was defeated by the Parthians in 53BC. A portion of the captives were transported to the Sogdian Rock (a fort taken by Alexander the Great many years before). Sometime later a Chinese army entered that part of the world and captured the Rock but they were impressed with the Romans fighting ability (the fish scale formation) and they took 280 or so of em back to China where they ended up on frontier duty for the Chinese. David Harris was put onto the case when he saw some images of come Chinese military art that was done in the style of Roman art. Also the buildings in the area are proportioned after from practice rather than Chinese.