双语：甘肃古罗马军团后裔之谜尚待揭开.docx

双语：甘肃古罗马军团后裔之谜尚待揭开
Chinese villagers ”descended from Roman soldiers”
科学家们认为，中国甘肃省境内骊靬村居民很可能是“古罗马失落军团”的后裔。科学家将对他们进展进一步Dped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans” bull-fighting dance.


DNA tests in 2022 confirmed some of the villagers were indeed of Caucasian origin, leading many experts to conclude they are descendants of an ancient Roman army headed by general Marcus Crassus.
In 53 BC, Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome”s eastward expansion.
But a 6,000-strong army led by Crassus” eldest son apparently escaped and was never found again.
Though some anthropologists are convinced the Caucasian-looking villagers in Yongchang county are the descendants of the soldiers, others are not so certain.
“The county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages,“ said Yang Gongle, a professor at Beijing Normal University. “The ”foreign” origin of the Yongchang villagers, as proven by the DNA tests, does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.“
Xie Xiaodong, a geneticist from Lanzhou University, also sounded a skeptical note.


“Even if they are descendants of Romans, it doesn”t mean they are necessarily