... Yes, Noah, the British Kings do claim their ancestry from Brut, brother of Aeneas,in the Aeneid by Virgil; who lost his way after Troy and ended up...
surfing for other interesting, but later material I fell over this online magazine "Assemblage - the Sheffield graduate journal of archaeology". And one of the...
Other reviews in Assemblage that might be of interest to many of us: The Heirs of King Verica. Culture and Politics in Roman Britain by Martin Henig....
and I have probably overlooked some. Go and have a look at the fun page too. "Commensalism and common sense: a new approach to archaeological ceramics" by John...
...I don't understand--I know this is OT-- how the nazis raved on about aryans then ??? I thought they valued blond scandinavian looks, how does this connect...
In fact, we can move the question to another angle: just how hellenized would the Massaliot elite still be in the time of Marcus Aurelius? Certainly, by...
~ This Day in Ancient History ~ Classical Words of the Day ~ Akropolis World News ~ Go Tell the Spartans ~ Whither Father Foster? ~ Nuntii Latini ~ Translating...
An entertaining question, Noah, because actually the Merovingians claimed not to descend from Jesus but... the Trojans! This is complete legend of course, but...
I am of the opinion that most of the higher echelons of Massiliate society spoke Latin, Greek and Gallic equally and depending on who they were dealing with....
A very succinct summary of evolution. It would be intersting to have seen what Lucrtius would have done in that Roman form the epitome using the "Origin of...
Perhaps Caucasians like me are descended from the Aryans as the Nazis thought. However, if they came from Iran I doubt if they were blond and blue eyed. ... ...
You don't live on the islands do you? I believe that the McNeill clan lived on the island of Barra. The book 'Whisky Galore' was based on this island I...
They may have acted collectively because they lived collectively. Even in modern Italy, family ties outweigh everything else. This is part of the Mafia the ...
Actually, when studying about the people encountered by Alexander the Great, I read that there were, indeed, blonde and blue-eyed people in northern Persia. -...
The very distinctive tall blonde physique of Scandinavians and overall Teutonic inability to pronounce Indo-European correctly suggests Hitler may have been ...
An important element to take note of, in the early and middle period of the medieval age the Provence region was that with the most brilliant cultural and...
I must say that I have seen blue-eyed blonde Iranians, not very many, but enough to make me notice, when Iran has been featured on the 6 o'clock news. In fact,...
I've found a website that helps you create a free instant online survey that you can then cut and paste into any web page! (http://www.groovysurveys.com/) So,...
Nazis -- Hitler was looking for a perfect "non-adulterated" race. Therefore, that's where he went with the Aryans. From the deep past of Europe and India....
Did anybody not claim to be descended from the Trojans? And why the Trojans? Why not Carthaginians, or Thebans, or Hittites or some other destroyed empire? ...
... Vaughan says: That is certainly true of early Rome, right up until the Empire. But for an alternative point of view on individual human rights, see Tony...
Hi Nick, You can talk about whatever you like, including religion. Religion and paying respect to god/ gods was an important part of Roman cultural life. As...
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