Quote Originally Posted by pezhetairoi
Parthia, i think. I remember after Valerian lost his army in Persia (Was it Valerian?) some years later Chinese records report fighting strange white barbarians at a fortress in the Tarim whose armour was described as Roman... o_O But that's not confirmed.
yep, not confirmed, IIRC just an assumption. it presumably were Crassus legions' survivors. after Carrhae. dont remember the details, i read the article a while ago.