03-03-2014, 03:02 PM
The point is: Procopius and then?
Is there .... some proof of surviving Roman units in VI century? Is there some archaeological proof? Because if there is not any proof also saying that Roman Traditions survived in the Merovingian Military System is 'a bit strong'.
The Language spoken in Britain in the half of the V century was a Romance language, after few years it vanished, totally vanished, no more existing, not even a single word survived in Britain of the Language of Caesar ....A whole civilization vanished in few decades and the Saxons were not Nazi mass murderers!
The Normans were more light handed than the Saxons, and they re-introduced in Britain some Romance word from France, we can say that their cultural action in Britain was constructive!
Procopius is only paying a tribute to the moronic policy of Aggression of Justinian: if there are Romans in Gaul the Byzantines can be justified in their aggression to the Kingdoms of Italy, and Spain and why not? even putting some pressure on the Franks! The effects of the idiotic policy of Justinainus were exactly the opposite: the creation of a Frankish superpower but anyway the Byzantine 'Reconquista' needed to be supported by an ideology, so even the Tale of the Romans in the North finds its justification in the Byzantine Policy of the VI century.
About Draco: It's a Sarmatian and Eastern Military Tradition influencing both the Romans, the Dacians and the Germans, I don't see the Draco as a sign of 'Romanitas', if not should we consider the poor Harold at Hastings Romanized? Or maybe a proto-Roman-Reenactor? 8+)
![[Image: harold-at-hastings.png~original]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p557/ironfather1/harold-at-hastings.png~original)
Is there .... some proof of surviving Roman units in VI century? Is there some archaeological proof? Because if there is not any proof also saying that Roman Traditions survived in the Merovingian Military System is 'a bit strong'.
The Language spoken in Britain in the half of the V century was a Romance language, after few years it vanished, totally vanished, no more existing, not even a single word survived in Britain of the Language of Caesar ....A whole civilization vanished in few decades and the Saxons were not Nazi mass murderers!
The Normans were more light handed than the Saxons, and they re-introduced in Britain some Romance word from France, we can say that their cultural action in Britain was constructive!
Procopius is only paying a tribute to the moronic policy of Aggression of Justinian: if there are Romans in Gaul the Byzantines can be justified in their aggression to the Kingdoms of Italy, and Spain and why not? even putting some pressure on the Franks! The effects of the idiotic policy of Justinainus were exactly the opposite: the creation of a Frankish superpower but anyway the Byzantine 'Reconquista' needed to be supported by an ideology, so even the Tale of the Romans in the North finds its justification in the Byzantine Policy of the VI century.
About Draco: It's a Sarmatian and Eastern Military Tradition influencing both the Romans, the Dacians and the Germans, I don't see the Draco as a sign of 'Romanitas', if not should we consider the poor Harold at Hastings Romanized? Or maybe a proto-Roman-Reenactor? 8+)
![[Image: harold-at-hastings.png~original]](http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/ironfather1/media/harold-at-hastings.png.html)
