does the longbow have an eastern equivalent

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I'm curious as to what Chinese/Roman battle you're referring to. There's unsubstantiated belief that a small number of Romans may have escaped the Parthians after being captured at Carrhae in 53BC, finding shelter among the Huns who were then stomped on by the Chinese near Tashkent in 36BC. Even if the account is true, the battle is hardly an endorsement of the superiority of the Chinese military over that of the Romans. Any Romans at the battle would have been a relatively minor contingent, and more importantly would have been somewhat past their prime, after anything up to 17 years of captivity.

I read about an 'incident' around 95-100AD where upon hearing of Rome, the chinese emperor sent an army west to conquer it. For some strange reason, this army stopped somewhere in asia-minor and returned home without any battles taking place.