The historian Homer H. Dubs speculated in 1941 that Roman prisoners of war who were transferred to the eastern border of the Parthian empire might later have clashed with Han troops there.
Sejarawan Homer H. Dubs berspekulasi pada 1941 bahwa para tahanan perang Romawi yang dibawa ke perbatasan timur kekaisaran Parthia kemudian bertikai dengan pasukan Han di sana.