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Thread: Lixuan - Where Legion Lost and Found
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[quote=PINETREE ,20684]There was this a folklore that Lixuan had at one time been settled down by members of the Roman Legion that lost in a war with the Parthinians ( or something like that; around the present area between China/India ). These alleged Roman soldiers were taken prisoners-of-war and some probably ended up in Lixuan which was along the Ancient Silk Road. Random excavations are still in progress.Apparently some of the residents there have non-Chinese features - light coloured hair, straight nose, high cheekbones and sunken eyes. A DNA was taken on a few of these residents but they showed Iranian bloodline instead.Now it seems that the residents there take the opportunity to stage some Roman displays regularly to attract tourists !!No, I have not been there too.[/quote]
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