[LostTribe]

An interesting history of the Celtic involvement in the Roman Empire in early AD. The Romans wrote much of the history so their side can be presumed to be favored.

Note the references to Goths, Germans, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Franks, Helvetii and other asst. "barbaric Tribes". These are all references to Celtic Tribes. [The exception is the Huns.]

The Germans of that time were not the Germans of today, but Celts of the Germani Celtic tribe which provided the name "Germany".

[LostTribe]

The part about the Goths aimlessly wandering around and maybe coming from Scandinavia is pretty much "party line". Pretty thin gruel.

Also, the author seems a bit perplexed about the Goths migrating to "north of the Black Sea". I suspect it's mostly a matter of confusion in the dating of some Celtic finds that has their direction of travel reversed. We know the Celts initially came FROM the region of the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains many hundreds of years earlier. That is why they are called "Caucasians".

[LostTribe]

Bump.

[blam]

The Goths

[SunkenCiv]

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