How barbarian were the Barbarians?

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Just as an aside, A theory which is starting to gain increasing respectability suggests that Belgae, Northeastern Gauls and Lowland Britons may have been Germanic all along.

If you are referring to the excitement caused by Oppenheimer's book .... his theories have been dismissed by most experts in the field ... he wont submit his data for peer review and his suppositions regarding language have been slated as amateurish by linguists.

Have a mooch round http://dna-forums.org/ ...search for Cimbri and the Oppenheimer.