Re: P.Gmc. *skakula-

From: Torsten
Message: 68422
Date: 2012-01-27

> But Arabic speakers, namely the Nabataeans, were active in the slave
> trade at the requisite time (1st cent.) and had a mercantile presence
> over much of the ancient world, eg. in the port of Puteoli.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puteoli
> http://nabataea.net/italy.html
1st cent. BCE, that is.

> And a large contingent of the slaves of Spartacus' revolt were
> Germanic
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crixus
in 72 BCE


Torsten