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Old 08-28-2011, 05:32 PM   #12
RussellPG

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Define "relatively insignificant".

T'is true the biggest genetic divide in Europe is not West East (as is it with male-Y-Haps) but South-North.

This is one of these questions that have been on my mind for quite some time. After looking at the history of germanic tribes, it seems that have been in every part of Europe for some time more than the slavs, celts, and romans have been to. I need your input and I have a similar that I want to post later on. The germanics have been also killing people and displacing them too. This is something that I am really curious about.
I've not "that much" knowledge in detail on the Germanics and what they did, but they did go to the Celtic Isles (majorly in Britain, not sure on Ireland & Scotland, but Ireland was under severe English aka significantly Anglo-Saxon rapages for like over 800 years), Iberia, I think France, probably Switzerland, and Northern Italy I'd imagine.

In terms of more Eastern Europe since Germany (approximately where most of Rome's "Germanics" lived) is relatively North Eastern this wouldn't change much IMO as during the Ice age when huge glaciers displaced much of North Europe's population they are usually portrayed as having moved to the South when the North became uninhabitable before spreading back up Noth. And the Nordic, general Northern & Scandinavian ancestry in general thing goes for all Europe in general, really, and so could obscure the issue for folks' eyeballing people as "Germanic" which is why language is used I guess.

As far as rape and being grotesque, I'm not sure, I think I've heard of a fue rituals maybe, but I've heard of some dirty and really depraved / insane / scary sounding activities, habits and customs people like Celts, Scythians (West-ish / South Russia), maybe Slavs and others used to do.

On the other hand though, wow the Greco-Romans were talking, at least as far as Rome goes which was way less humble and *way* more unruly than Greece, I would say I read of them (/ or maybe it was Latin speaking peoples after Rome's fall -- can't remember) being murderous and doing sexually grotesque / depraved shit in Iberia, perhaps in its conquest or colonization or something, but I forget what.

I'm not sure any one region is better off than the other here, although, I actually like circa-Germany Europe or rather find it ok.

One group I left out though other than Iberian (but they have their share too, and it's rather obvious) is Gaul or French, which I've heard / seen little about other than maybe an Arabic source or two on something about hygene. However after all this, then there's the story of punishment for public enemies and "heretics" in the Xtian era ...

Oh, you know what, and there's the South East / Greece and Asia minor (if you really count Asia Minor), and the literature expressing a taste for, large in scale sale & trade of ....
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