08-02-2007, 11:41 PM
Quote:Thanks, Jasper and Tim. I'm afraid I don't know much about the Low Countries; that clears things up a bit. Actually, I belatedly wondered if I was stirring up a modern political controversy. Glad to see I'm not.
Well, the whole discussion between the states of Belgium finds it's origin in the Roman occupation of Belgica. The border between Flanders and Wallonia lays pretty much on "via Gesoriacum ad Colonia Agrippa" (i don't know this by heart, i had to look it up :wink: Roman road between Boulogne and Cologne). The tribes to the north of this via were influenced by the Germanians (Dutch and Flemish are related to German), while the tribes south of this road where latinesed (French is related to Latin). If the Germanians would have stayed on their side of the Rhine 1600 years ago, Belgian politics would have been very boring right now :wink:
By the way, welcome Tim (as you might have guessed, I'm Jo also from Legio XI)
Iorus Sarcophagus Ludens
P.S.: Finally got an avatar here. Pic is taken on an event in Eindhoven (the Netherlands) and for some strange reason on almost all the relaxed pics - pics on which we're not drilling or so - I'm drinking... So I must be a geniun member of the Belgae tribe, lol...
Iorus Sarcophagus Ludens
(Jo Vansteenkiste)
Viroviacum Romanum (Wervik - Belgium) [url:2hhvemuv]http://www.viroviacum.be[/url]
legionair of Legio XI CFP [url:2hhvemuv]http://www.legioxi.be[/url]
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(Jo Vansteenkiste)
Viroviacum Romanum (Wervik - Belgium) [url:2hhvemuv]http://www.viroviacum.be[/url]
legionair of Legio XI CFP [url:2hhvemuv]http://www.legioxi.be[/url]
"Nunc est bibendum!"