Re: [tied] Re: Your historical timeline

george knysh wrote:

> *****GK: Just how important this "mingling" was
> depends on the timeline for the emergence of these
> topo- and hydronyms of course. And on the question of
> the relationship between Illyrian and Dacian (i.e. the
> possibility of there being certain similarities). In
> any case there is no doubt that in the time of Strabo
> and Pliny, the Dacians of Illyria (if there were any
> at all) were a small minority which was not recorded
> as having any significance either political or ethnic.
> I prefer the testimony of ancient sources to the
> retroactive speculations of modern writers based on
> what seem to be rather uncertain points.*****

me too. I prefer the testimony of ancient sources to the speculations of
modern scholars. So far I know, the modern scholars are these who speak
about certain "possible" migrations in post-Roman times , aren't they? At
least we agree at this point, so I consider George Knysh will never prefer a
modern speculation about Dacians migrating in Albania :-)))))))


Alex