While casting about trying to find something other than
Herodotus on Zalmoxis I found a site that may be of interest to some on the
list.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROMANIAN CIVILISATION
Conference given by Prof. Luminita Rollé, 24th June 1999
House of Europe, Villa Moynier, GENEVA
Complete English text located:
A few excerpts:
*Vinca-Turdas art remains definitely distinct from any other group. More
than anything else, the mythical imagery reflects the clear European, not Asian,
roots of the Vinca-Turdas culture.
*The refined European culture and
society of those times reveal new historic dimensions and a new concept about
the beginning of European civilisation, long before the fabulous Minoan Crete
was born from it. The Balkan Peninsula and the Danubian plains constitute the
real cradle of civilisation in Europe.
*The Minoan culture mirrors the same values, the same symbols, the same
artistic accomplishments, and the same glorification of the beauty of life. The
imaginative and sophisticated taste and style of the Old Europeans make their
culture a worthy parent of the Minoan civilisation.
(She does manage to insert Anatolia between the Balkans and Crete. I don't know the author, but will try to meet her if she is in
Bucharest. She goes on to suggest that similarities between Dacian and
Latin may have contributed to the resilience of
Romaneste, a factor I was attributing solely to
mass Roman colonization.)
La Revedere;
Rex H. McTyeire
Bucharest, Romania
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