[blam]

What do you think of my suspicion that the Picts may have been related to the proto-Xiongnu (...and proto-Hans, proto-Scytians and proto-Huns) people.

[marsh2]

I know the Saxons were Vikings. Who were the the Angles? I know they were pushed aside into the various Anglias, while the Saxons created the Danelaw in the eastern part. Were they just earlier Viking people?

By the way, if Icelandic historic culture exemplifies the Saxon, many of America's most cherished legal and government institutions, as well as our concept of freedom and tort may have originated with these people you speak of with such denegration.

[muawiyah]

Frankly, I think the Picts had been there all along, probably from the 8th or 9th century BC. The Scota of Three Brothers fame left Bulgaria at about that time, so the Picts probably left there then as well.

They would have been speaking the same language, BTW.

The Romans smartly brought folks in from Ossitia who spoke the same language.

The Scythians, or proto-Scythians you are referring to are probably the linguistic fellows of the folks who ran Troy, or Illium, or, in their own language, Allium!

Recall that big find at Ebla? Most eyes were on the mention of David and Soloman. My eyes were on the letters from the King of Troy! They were in a written Celtic language. The Greek tradition was that in that time the Celts were totally illiterate (which is still the English tradition).

With Troy at one end of the Silk Road, it's not hard to imagine that the folks around Troy as well as the hard working traders on the Road all the way to China all wore kilts.

Something happened in that period to cause the Picts, Scota and others to flee to the far West.