Which since vanished ethnicity do you think spawned all the Italian Renaissance figures in art and science? They were Italians and still are.
Were there incursions into Sicily and Italy since the Roman Empire? Yeah but they assimilated, left or were expelled.
Italy never became German, French or Muslim. The Empire is historically remote but modern Italy essentially is organized around the Etruscan and then Roman settlements.
Just saying.
Which vanished ethnicity did I claim did not spawn the Italian Renaissance ? You don’t know your history, regards demographics, i.e. who lived where, did what etc.
You really need to get your history straight if you think that the Italy of the Roman Empire was/is the same as current history.
I don’t know where you are trying to go with this.
I have no problem with Italians, generally. I guess I tend to defend against braggadocio, aNd inflation of what ethnicities have done,or not done.
I won’t credit “Italy” with Roman accomplishments. There is next to nothing actually tying “Italians” with Romans, sans the peninsula location. That’s like saying we Americans did the things the Indians had here.
I have my own biases. Part of my reactions are because in my view, there are basically 3 “white” ethnicities that have been majorly celebrated and protected, in many ways, in this last century. Irish, Italians and Jews. Going by movies and other programs back decades, basically all we get is how great they all are,that it’s become almost assumed everyone will agree, including a stupid holiday for one. Meanwhile others ignored at best, even when they are the majority of the non-English immigration, ever in this country. Seems a lot of braggadocio (not quite for Jews, but they get plenty of sympathetic stories told about them).