In this brilliant new CD ROM-based History challenge from Inbox Education, pupils investigate one of the most exciting and incredible theories of Ancient History, first proposed in 1955 by Homer Dubs, then Professor of Chinese at Oxford University - that a group of Roman legionaries, survivors of Crassus' crushing defeat at the hand of the Parthians, found their way to Han Dynasty China, where, after a long and perilous journey, they established the forgotten Roman colony of Liqian in what today is China's Gansu province.







Pupils investigate Professor Dubs' theory, as delivered to his colleagues at the China Society in 1955, learning why he believed a group of Romans found their way to China and how he believed they might have got there.

In the process, students learn about the Ancient World in the 1st Century BC, about the Roman East, the Parthian Empire of the Iranian Plateau, the Xiongnu horsemen of the Eurasian Steppe and then the glories of China in the time of Han.

Pupils use Roman and Chinese primary sources to assess Professor Dubs' claim, learn the background to Crassus' invasion of Parthian Mesopotamia and his defeat at Carrhae; they learn about the Romans' supposed journey East and employment by the Xiongnu king Zhi Zhi, and then they learn about the life in Han China which the Roman soldiers might have lived.

The package includes extended classroom activities and three substantial enterprising taskwork / project options. These allow the investigation either to be used as a component of a Romans study unit or as more extended unit of work, standing alone over several weeks.

Combining rigorous academic content with world class production values, this interactive investigation is comparative history and international education at its most exciting.

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