Getae and Dacians? Are they the same? Or is this unknowable?

[Paullus Scipio]

Originally I wasn't planning to "pick on" Professor Heather. He just happens to be the perfect example of "new age" historiscy, ie "let's find a brilliant analysis that hasn't been used before, no matter if its bunk." But really, there are a bunch of these guys out there, and they are all making money and reputations by tearing apart the "old guys."

....another reason for this, referred to elsewhere on RAT IIRC with regard to history, especially ancient history is "PhD syndrome".....a PhD has to be original in some way, and by now many thousands of theses, many pretty wacky, have been churned out by eager PhD students working with the same few texts, and desperately trying to find something new to say......a built-in flaw in the education system !! :x