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To: truth_seeker
Of course they were not much of a civilization. Pretty much barbarians. Warlike, illiterate. No use for Romans. The Romans had a terrible time keeping them at bay, even in the Alps and northern Italy. Close to military disaster several times.
26 posted on 09/26/2002 2:32:01 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
>Of course they were not much of a civilization. Pretty much barbarians. Warlike, illiterate. No use for Romans. The Romans had a terrible time keeping them at bay,

Maybe you have been reading too much Roman history? {ggg}.

Were the Romans Barbaric with their centuries long blood lust for Christians and others in the Coliseum? Were the Romans Warlike? Illiteracy becomes a relative thing when keeping written records was specifically prohibited.

27 posted on 09/26/2002 2:45:31 PM PDT by LostTribe
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