the north africa battle scenario

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I haven't been on that site for ages man, I used to post there a year or so ago. But I've had to narrow down the forums I post on to two.

- MVSN

you should go back, I love that forum, and there are a couple really interesting debates happening at the moment

 

[berhaven]

you should go back, I love that forum, and there are a couple really interesting debates happening at the moment

Or visit the Italianisti forum on Yahoo (formerly egroups).

P.S. It's in English!

 

[mvsnconsolegene]

I might just do that...

If I'm not too busy playing HoI 2 ...

- MVSN

 

[Raen]

That doesn't really make sense. When the Visigoths overran the Roman Empire they settled in that territory. A lot of the Romans must have been killed, or have fled. At the very least, there weren't nearly as many of them, considering the Roman Empire had been in a population decline for sometime.

So, wouldn't Italians as we know them have more in common with the Visigoths than the Romans?

Highly doubtful. Italian is, after all, a Latin language, not a Teutonic one. The Visigoths may have conquered, but that's really just the overlords...the vast majority of the peasantry would have come from Roman roots.