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

--- "laserlight@quixnet.net" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
wrote:
> 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.

Yeah.  I'm a Romanized barbarian.  :)  But then, so
was Leo the Isaurian.

John

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