News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Battle of Alesia. Parent comment

Re:Battle of Alesia by CydeWeys on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:26PM (#21993583)
That's not really how conquest works though. At least some of those original Celts reproduced with the Romans, and thus some genetic heritage continued.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Battle of Alesia by chimeracoder on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:48PM (#21993831)
> That's not really how conquest works though. At least some of those original Celts reproduced with the Romans, and thus some genetic heritage continued.

That's not really how nations or ethnic groups work, though. The fact that some "genetic heritage" from the Celts may be found today doesn't actually mean that Celtic culture has anything to do with the modern nation-state of France.

[ Parent | on HN ]