RE: Re: [OT]: Trailers, John A, and Barbarians

JohnA said:
> > Good topic under which to discuss Slavs and minor
> > Germanic tribes. . . 

Karl riposted:
>> Like the Angles and Saxons ;-)

JohnA replied:
>Yup.  Remember, the original definition of the term
now rendered "barbarian" was "Anyone not Greek."  This
evolved into "Anyone not Roman" when they conquered
the part of the world worth having.

For those of you not familiar with JohnA this may not make much sense,
until you know that his Future History empire is the
Byzantines-in-Space, details on his site which is available from the web
ring.

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