Hundreds of visigothic slate stones (whiteboards) in Western Castilla (Spain

[Ingemar Nordgren]

The celts were rather far north and for sure they had  contact with Gotlanders who were far travelling merchants and warriors- Goths. Also Latène culture is a possible contact surface.

Ingemar

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "ertydfh110" <ertydfh110 at ...> wrote:
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> Ok. But how can be explained the Roman influx in Gotland?. I didn´t know they reached up there. Or did they borrow it from the celts-romans in other locations and then use it in Gotland later?. 
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> Greetings
> 
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Ingemar Nordgren" <ingemar@> wrote:
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> > --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "ertydfh110" <ertydfh110@> wrote:
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> > > BTW, I didn´t know that there were Roman influx in Gotland. How can Gotlandic stones were related to the Celto-Roman stelae?. 
> > > Do you know if there is anything similar in Gotland to these visigothic slate stones?:
> > > http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/piedravisigoda.jpg/
> > > http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/visigothicwhiteboard.jpg/
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> > > Greetings.
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> > No, nothing such. The pattern on the Gotlandic stones more reminds of the Celto-Roman stelae you showed in the first mail and who also are treated by Cumont. It shows rather on Celtic influence than Roman.
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> > Ingemar
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