Re:The discovery of the ancient Greek city of Tenea
by coldtea on Monday September 16, 2019 @09:38AM
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>It's interesting to note that Alaric was an Arian [1], and not an Orthodox Christian (even though I don't know for sure if by 397 AD the term "Orthodox" was already in use or not)
It was used, but not with the current meaning at the time -- that appeared after the East/West split, half a millennium plus a few centuries later.
Before the split, it was occasionally seen early on (2-3 century) but it was more used after the council of Ephesus at the 5th century, again, with a different meaning than today. It was used from both "catholic" and "orthodox" populations (who were one faith at the time), against smaller denominations.
>If you're going to tell a random someone that the first Gothic alphabet was "invented" in present-day Northern Bulgaria not a lot of people will believe you, especially now when there's lots of talk about "origins" and borders keeping the people "not of our culture" out.
Well, the fact that nations influenced one another, doesn't mean it was some "free for all" back in the day either.
People at the time fought hard to keep people "not of their culture out", often with huge human toll -- from the Ancient Greeks fighting to keep the Xerxes etc armies out, to the Roman empire falling to barbaric tribes, all the way to the Battle of Vienna...
Romans would have very much preferred to keep their empire, than to have their cities plundered, suffer a millennium of decline and "dark ages", and gain some cultural artifacts and new recipes in exchange...
It was used, but not with the current meaning at the time -- that appeared after the East/West split, half a millennium plus a few centuries later.
Before the split, it was occasionally seen early on (2-3 century) but it was more used after the council of Ephesus at the 5th century, again, with a different meaning than today. It was used from both "catholic" and "orthodox" populations (who were one faith at the time), against smaller denominations.
>If you're going to tell a random someone that the first Gothic alphabet was "invented" in present-day Northern Bulgaria not a lot of people will believe you, especially now when there's lots of talk about "origins" and borders keeping the people "not of our culture" out.
Well, the fact that nations influenced one another, doesn't mean it was some "free for all" back in the day either.
People at the time fought hard to keep people "not of their culture out", often with huge human toll -- from the Ancient Greeks fighting to keep the Xerxes etc armies out, to the Roman empire falling to barbaric tribes, all the way to the Battle of Vienna...
Romans would have very much preferred to keep their empire, than to have their cities plundered, suffer a millennium of decline and "dark ages", and gain some cultural artifacts and new recipes in exchange...