01-07-2009, 09:55 PM
Quote:1* Are the Batavia, Celt or roman in the NetherlandIt depends on your definition whether you call the Batavians Celts, Germans, or Romans. Since Caesar, the Romans called anyone living east of the Rhine a German. That would make the Batavians Germans, and indeed, Tacitus calls them German. From a cultural point of view, Celtic might to some extent be defendable. After 39 or 19 BCE, they fought as allies of Rome, and the tribes east of the Rhine would have called those auxiliaries Romans.
Quote:2* are in the netherlands. Celt in 100 ADIf by Celt you mean people who belong, archaeologically to the La Tene Culture and linguistically to the Celtic languages, there were never Celts in the Netherlands. The book to read is Danny Lamarcq & Marc Rogge, De taalgrens (1996 Leuven), which is the best book ever written on the ancient history of the Netherland. It is based on M. Gysseling, "Germanisering en taalgrens" in: Algemene geschiedenis der Nederlanden 1 (1981) 100-115, which is rather technical. So, try to read Lamarcq & Rogge, or send me a p.m. and I will send you the digital file of my excerpt.
