LL-L "History" 2004.01.11 (01) [E]

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From: jmaguire at pie.xtec.es <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2004.01.10 (06) [E]

> Hello,
> I think i have to reply here. It is in my letter that i
mentioned first
> the possibility of South-Flanders being a big part of the old
Germania.
> Delahay has indeed  come up with a brandnew theory which has
not been
> rejected but just ignored by most of the scientific world.
And that is
> to my knowledge the biggest mistake. I don't want to know
that Delahay
> is wrong, i want to kow why he is wrong.
> The last few years there is  a change to notice: The elder
historians
> are mostly retired  i suppose, and we find some young
scholars who like
> to enter the dabate (which i follow with much interest). Most
of what
> Delahye wrote is in discussion but remains quiet strong in
its general
> statements.
> What i can deduce are the following things:
>
> -The Rine as described in Tacitus is not always the Rine
(Tacitus talks
> about the Rhenus,which can mean just "river" also. Look at
the various
> toponymes with "re")
> -Julius Caesar just had the autorisation  to conquer the
Celts. In his
> ambition, he made a lot of German tribes Celtic in order to be
> permitted to fight against them.
> - South-Flanders in France has a very ancient history, older
than the
> more northern parts.
> -All of the toponymedoublures you find in Western Europe have
their
> oldest origine in France.
> - The pedigree of Chlodwig , Atlantis, the Holy Grail, ...
have nothing
>   to do with this discussion.
>
> Groetjes
> luc vanbrabant
> oekene

Hello Luc,

Thanks for getting the discussion on track again.

I agree with you that the pedigree of Chlodwig , Atlantis, the
Holy Grail are not part of the discussion. Thanks, too, for the
interesting info. on the use of Rhenus and the Celtic ploy used
by Caesar.

I understand that toponymdoublures has something to do with
sharing place names. Could it really be true that all have
their origin in France?

Regards,

Tom

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