Many years later, the Roman Empire and Rest in Peace finally ended this protracted war, and the two sides began to discuss the repatriation of prisoners of war. However, to the surprise of the Romans, none of the repatriated prisoners of war in the Battle of Calais were soldiers of the First Legion. The news came back to the country of interest, and the king of interest was shocked. He searched all over the country, but there was still no news. The disappearance of the First Legion has become an unsolved case in Roman history, which has been puzzling the Chinese and western historians for thousands of years.
Two thousand years later, a historian in China finally solved the mystery. When he was studying the story of Chen Hantang, he was surprised to find that in 36 BC, lord protector Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang, vice captain of the Western Han Dynasty, discovered that the Xiongnu army had always had unique mercenaries. They are a heavy infantry regiment composed of blond white people, which is very eye-catching in the Xiongnu army dominated by cavalry. What is even more impressive is that these infantry. Is this the mysterious disappearance of the remains of the First Legion of Rome? How did they come to China and what was the final outcome?
After careful textual research by historians, it is found that the war that took place in 36 BC was recorded in the history books as the "Battle of Zhi Zhi City", and the Han army won a great victory, not only killing Zhi Zhi Khan of Attila, but also capturing nearly 1,000 white prisoners of war. In 35 BC, a county named "Li Gan" suddenly appeared on the map of Hexi area in the Western Han Dynasty, and Li Gan Castle was built accordingly. According to research, the so-called "Li Gan" refers to the ancient Roman Empire in China, and there are many ways to write it in China's historical records, such as plowshare, plowshare, Li Gan and Li Qian.
On September 30th, 1989, an AFP news "There are ancient Roman cities in western China" was forwarded by reference, and People's Daily published a more detailed report on September 30th, 3 1. A stone stirs up a thousand waves. Zhelaizhai, a little-known village in Yongchang County, Gansu Province, suddenly attracted the keen attention of domestic and foreign media. It turns out that people living in this village have a pair of European physical characteristics, tall, sunken eyes, brown hair and dark red skin. Most interestingly, the villagers also retained the legacy of ancient Roman bullfighting. According to the research of archaeologists, the ancient city wall of Li Gan site is a "heavy wood city" (heavy wood is reinforced outside the city wall), which is unique to ancient Rome. In addition, the ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty were found near the site of Li Xuancheng, and about 100 skeletons similar to those of Europeans were found from the tombs, and their funeral customs were different from those of the local area. All the surrounding villages face north, but here it faces west. Perhaps this is to express their yearning for their hometown in Europe.
According to the DNA analysis of the Institute of Paleoanthropology of China Academy of Sciences, there are about 300 people living in Zhelaizhai village. Although some of their children's parents are Asian, they all have blue eyes and two-thirds are of white descent. At present, there is still controversy in international academic circles about the statement that "Roman legions are living in China". After all, on the ancient Silk Road, mixed-race marriages between Chinese and foreign countries were very common, and the DNA test results could not directly explain the problem.
More than two thousand years have passed, and the former Li Gancheng has now become a broken walls. However, the descendants of the Roman legions who died in other places are still telling the world a confusing legend with the unique symbols created by their ancestors' genes.
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