Chinese in Roman Britain

[Alanus]

Sorry, I'm at work and pressed for time. Haven't read the speculative article yet. But, a number of "Asians" presumably entered Roman Britain through the stationing of the Equites Taifali Juniors and Seniors, and perhaps other Stilicho-era cavalry detachments. Alans, Huns, and even Goths, could have Asiatic features. The Huns descended from the Xiongnu, heavily imbued with "Mongoloid" traits. Same with the Alans, many of them descended from the Aorsi, who in turn were cultural and physical extentions of the Yuezhi, Wusun, and Sacarauli. Essentially, they carried Siberian and East Asian haplogroups, such as Q242 and Q3 (same as Amerindian), along with the "standard" R1a1 "Scythian" traits. This may account for the idea of "Chinese" upon the isle, even when graves are not found in a military context.

PS: I understand that two of the skeletons were found with a bowl of wonton soup plus a side of pork-fried rice, proof positive they were Chinese... Mandarin, I believe.