09-08-2010, 02:31 PM
Salve Alan
I must say i pretty much agree with your view, with some additions. I think Goths had a kind of fluid ethnicity made up (from all the peoples you mentioned), and during their formation and stay in Dacia the Dacian component was quite significant.
I found a quote from Isidor of Seville (visigoth) who said in his "Etymology", chapter IX:
<<[90] Daci autem Gothorum soboles fuerunt, et dictos putant Dacos, quasi Dagos, quia de Gothorum stirpe creati sunt. >>
Which with my poor latin i understand he said that Goths are created from the Dacian stock/race.
I dont think either that Goths=Getae(Dacians) 100%, and i assume that after Goths leaved the region many of their Dacian component remain in Dacia, and Germanic component become dominant. Gothic Bible is dated in VI century AD, so long after they leaved Dacia.
I must say i pretty much agree with your view, with some additions. I think Goths had a kind of fluid ethnicity made up (from all the peoples you mentioned), and during their formation and stay in Dacia the Dacian component was quite significant.
I found a quote from Isidor of Seville (visigoth) who said in his "Etymology", chapter IX:
<<[90] Daci autem Gothorum soboles fuerunt, et dictos putant Dacos, quasi Dagos, quia de Gothorum stirpe creati sunt. >>
Which with my poor latin i understand he said that Goths are created from the Dacian stock/race.
I dont think either that Goths=Getae(Dacians) 100%, and i assume that after Goths leaved the region many of their Dacian component remain in Dacia, and Germanic component become dominant. Gothic Bible is dated in VI century AD, so long after they leaved Dacia.
Razvan A.
