10-28-2009, 10:53 AM
Possibly the fact that they did adapt and were so successful because of it is a case in study in itself.
I am of Greek ancestry(amoungst others) and just do not see the Greeks as termed as Oriente or Asia, as they were the ones who refered to the eastern lands as asia.....probably I would just go along with it if I hadn't come across ther terminology in Greek references prior to the Romans making their mark. Possibly it was a term of derogration towards Greeks by some elements of Roman society?
I am of Greek ancestry(amoungst others) and just do not see the Greeks as termed as Oriente or Asia, as they were the ones who refered to the eastern lands as asia.....probably I would just go along with it if I hadn't come across ther terminology in Greek references prior to the Romans making their mark. Possibly it was a term of derogration towards Greeks by some elements of Roman society?
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel