[gothic-l] Re: Christensen's book on the Goths

[Francisc Czobor]

Dear Ravi,

I write now because the early history of my country, Romania, is
involved here.
So, the Getae are for sure different from the Goths.
The Getae were a Thracian tribe, whereas the Goths were Germanic.
The Getae, which were the same as the Daci, did not disappear
suddenly. They mixed with Roman colonists and were romanised
linguistically, after the conquest by Romans after the war of 105/106
AD, and their descendants are the Romanians of today.
The Thracian Getae are also different from the Iranic Massagetae, as
they are different from the North-African Getuli (which were most
probably "Hamitic", i.e. from the Afro-Asiatic language family).
The Goths did not appear suddenly. They are most probably the
descendants of the earlier Gothones.
The personal and place names of the Getae were not Germanic at all.
Drawing conclusions only from name resemblances is hazardous.

Francisc



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