TESTE ADN ARATA CA SATENI CHINEZI BLONZI CU OCHII VERZI, AR PUTEA FI URMASII UNEI LEGIUNI ROMANE.DNA tests show Chinese villagers with green eyes could be descendants of lost Roman legion

Teste ADN efectuate asupra locuitorilor blonzi si cu ochii verzi  din  satul Liqian  situat in nord-vestul Chinei, spun ca acestia ar putea fi urmasii unei legiuni romane pierdute.

Testele ADN care s-au efectuat printre  săteni au arătat că aproape două treimi dintre ei sunt de origine caucaziană. Foto:un sătean , la stânga, şi un bust al celebrului comandant roman Marcus Crassus Rezultatele testelor ADN par a sustine  teoria că fondatorii satului  Liqian ar putea fi pusi in legatura cu legenda  armatei  disparute a generalului  roman Marcus Crassus.

În anul 53 i.I.Ch, după ce Crassus a fost învins de parţi şi decapitat , a persistat legenda potrivit careia 145 romani s-ar fi rupt de legiune  şi ar fi  rătăcit în regiune ani de zile. Profesorul de istorie chineza al Universitatii Oxford, Homer Dubs, a fost foarte  preocupat de chestiune si  este de parere ca, ulterior infrangerii, grupul de romani a calatorit inspre est ca o trupa de mercenari, fiind  posibila capturarea sa de catre chinezi 17 ani mai tarziu, in 36 i.Ch., si implicarea lor in fondarea Liqian-ului.

 

S-a mai sugerat si teoria ca unii dintre soldatii romani s-au indreptat catre Uzbekistanul de astazi si s-au inrolat mai tarziu in armata capeteniei hune Jzh Jzh, impotriva Dinastiei Chineze Han.

Prin urmare, Dubs a contopit cele doua povesti extrase din izvoare oficiale, cea care spune ca Liqian a fost construit de soldatii capturati intr-un razboi dintre chinezi si huni, in 36 i.Hr. si legenda armatei disparute a generalului roman Marcus Crassus.

Foarte interesant,dar mormintele din localitatea apropiata Yongchang par sa ofere si ele dovezi in sprijinul ideii ca romanii au trait in vestul Chinei cu peste 2.000 de ani in urma.

Arheologii au descoperit morminte cu dimensiunile adaptate la persoane cu inaltimea de cca.1,80 m. , nespcifica pentru  chinezi .

Cu toate acestea ,expertii spun  ca celebrul Drum al Matasii traversa acea  zona, astfel incat si alti oameni , nu neaparat romani, ar fi putut fi ingropati acolo.

Unul  dintre rezidentii satului care are ochii verzisi este in varsta de  38 de ani, pe nume Cai Junnian ,este poreclit acum de prieteni Cai Luoma, sau Cai Romanul  şi a devenit o celebritate locala.

 

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Marcus Licinius Crassus a fost, alături de Iulius Cezar şi Pompei cel Mare  unul dintre cei trei cei mai puternici oameni din lume şi unul dintre cei mai bogati oameni din istorie.

El este celebru pentru că a învins revolta sclavilor condusă de Spartacus,revolta care a avut loc   intre anii  73-71i.I.Ch.

Crassus a condus provincia Siria ,de unde si-a comandat trupele  în încercarea de a cuceri regatul  Partia. Aici a inceput cunoscut legenda legionarilor disparuti.

Legiunile sale au fost învinse în bătălia de la Carrhae, în Turcia de azi, iar fiul lui Crassus  a fost decapitat.

Conform legendei Crassus a fost, de asemenea ucis .

In contradictoriu  cu teoriile lui Dubs, profesorul Yang Gongle, de la  Universitatea din Beijing,spune ca localitatea  Liqian  a fost înfiinţată în 104 î.Hr., o jumătate de secol mai devreme decât presupusa sosire a soldatilor romani.

La randul sau, antropologul Maurizio Bettini, de la Universitatea din Siena, Italia, ridica si el semne de intrebare in legatura  teoria lui Dubs declarand ca : „Pentru ca banuiala sa fie confirmata, ar trebui ca in zona sa se descopere diverse obiecte, cum ar fi spre exemplu monede romane sau arme specifice legionarilor Romei antice. „Fără o dovadă de acest fel, povestea a legionarilor pierduti ramane doar o legenda.”

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DNA tests show Chinese villagers with green eyes could be descendants of lost Roman legion

For years the residents of the remote north western Chinese village of Liqian have believed they were special. Many of the villagers have Western characteristics including green eyes and blonde hair leading some experts to suggest that they may be the descendants of a lost Roman legion that settled in the area. Now DNA testing of the villagers has shown that almost two thirds of them are of Caucasian origin. Chinese villager Cai ‘the Roman’, left, and a bust of the famous Roman commander Marcus Crassus The results lend weigh to the theory that the founding of Liqian may be linked to the legend of the missing army of Roman general Marcus Crassus. Enlarge  

In 53BC, after Crassus was defeated by the Parthians and beheaded near what is now Iran, stories persisted that 145 Romans were captured and wandered the region for years. The town’s link with Rome was first suggested by a professor of Chinese history at Oxford in the 1950s. Oxford professor Homer Dubs believes the group travelled east, were captured by the Chinese and founded Liqian in 36BC. Prof Dubs theorised that they made their way as a mercenary troop eastwards, which was how a troop ‘with a fish-scale formation’ came to be captured by the Chinese 17 years later. It has been suggested that some made their way east to today’s Uzbekistan and later enlisted with the Hun chieftain Jzh Jzh against the Chinese Han Dynasty. He said the ‘fish-scale formation’ was a reference to the Roman ‘tortoise’, a phalanx protected by shields on all sides and from above. Homer Dubs pulled together stories from the official histories, which said that Liqian was founded by soldiers captured in a war between the Chinese and the Huns in 36BC, and the legend of the missing army of Marcus Crassus, a Roman general. One resident , Cai Junnian, 38, with green eyes is now nicknamed Cai Luoma, or Cai the Roman, by friends and has become a local celebrity. Marcus Licinius Crassus

Marcus Licinius Crassus was, alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great was one of the three most powerful people in the world and one of the richest men in history. He is famous for having defeated the slave uprising led by Spartacus from 73BC to 71BC which he did at his own expense once it became clear there was a real danger to Rome. He was elected consul in 70 BC and he became the patron to young upstart Julius Caesar whom he supported in his own political ambitions. Crassus was given Syria as his province from where he led his troops in a bid to conquer the kingdom of Partha. Here he met his match. His legions were defeated at the Battle of Carrhae in modern-day Turkey, where his son was beheaded. According to legend Crassus was also beheaded and gold poured into his open mouth  as an illustration of his greed.

Tombs in nearby Yongchang have also appeared to offer up evidence that Romans were living in western China at the time. Archaeologists discovered that one of the tombs was for someone who was around six foot tall – leading some to believe that Roman legionnaires had been buried in the hills there. However others point out that the area formed part of the popular Silk Road trade route and so many people from different nationalities, some as far west as the Mediterranean, may have been buried there. Fellow academics have described Dubs’ theory as ‘interesting and provocative’ but have criticised it as jumping to too many conclusions. Yang Gongle, professor with Beijing Normal University, said there has not been sufficient proof to link the villagers with the ancient Romans. According to Yang’s research, Liqian County was established in 104 BC, half a century earlier than the proposed arrival of the Roman soldiers. And he noted that the fish-scale formation had nothing to do with Roman legion’s  famous ‘testudo’ strategy. The double wooden palisade, which might have looked like fish scales, was widely used in constructions in Central Asia and India at that time, Yang said. Maurizio Bettini, an anthropologist from Siena University, was also unimpressed by theory which he has dismissed as ‘a fairy tale’. He told Italian newspaper La Repubblica: ‘For it to be indisputable, one would need to find items such as Roman money or weapons that were typical of Roman legionaries. ‘Without proof of this kind, the story of the lost legions is just a legend.’ The story is also complicated by the fact that the Roman Empire was at its height at the time and had dominated most of the world across Europe Africa and Western Europe. As part of their strategy Romans also hired troops wherever they had conquered and so many Roman legions were made up not of native Romans, but of conquered men from the local area who were then given training

The Roman legionnaires were taken captive after the battle in modern-day Turkey and eventually ended up in western China, according to the theory

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26th November 2010

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