Re: [tied] Re: Cimmerians

From: george knysh
Message: 14838
Date: 2002-08-30

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@..., george knysh <gknysh@...>
> wrote:
> >
the
> > "Tauri" (no relation to the Taurisci),
>(TORSTEN) Why not? The times match (almost); Tauri
disappear
> 200 BCE, Taurisci appear 250-225 BCE. See the
> ethnohistory
> link I sent to Alex.

*****GK: There is nothing Celtic about the Tauri of
the Crimea. The Taurisci enter history as a Celtic
tribal unit of the La Tene culture. Vague sound
similarities (Tauri/ Taurisci;
Cymru/Cimbri/Cimmerians; Getae/Goths; Scythians/Scots;
Romans/Roma etc. etc.) are not a hopeful method for
the reconstruction of historical events in the absence
of additional textual , archaeological, ethnographic,
linguistic etc. corroborations.*******


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