[gothic-l] Re: Hi

[James Young]

Absolutely,

And what about trade with the Scyths during the Bronze age, or is that over the top?

Francisc Czobor <fericzobor at yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi, Jim,

we don't have to forget the real "Golden Age" of the Italian
Ostrogoths under the long rule of Theodoric the Great!

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, James Young <daddio52 at s...> wrote:
> Le,
>
> Two times come to mind as golden ages of the Goths.
>
> The mid 4th C CE north of the Danube and Black Sea, and the sixth
and seventh centuries in Spain and France. The former had the Empire
of Hermanric which may have extended from the Black Sea to the
Baltic. The western semi autonomous part of the early gothic empire
was in Dacia (Romania), a rich former province of the Roman Empire
that is filled with archeological sites of the Gothic Era. Their
major contributions the Wulfilas Bible and the rule of law they
established with the Gothic codes. The East was famously overwhelmed
by the Huns which in turn lead to the destruction of the Roman
Empire.
>
> As the Visigoths finally settle in Spain and southern France, they
established the concept of Spain as a nation and gave a permanent air
of independence to Aquitaine in southern France. Both of these areas
have extensive archeological remains of their occupation.
>
> The Windsors of England of course are tied to the Goths of
Thuringia in southwestern Germany.
>
> Now, that's culture.
>
> Jim
>
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