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Re:The last Romans are still around by carlosjobim on Friday June 26, 2026 @08:00AM (#48685627)
Their ethnicity would of course be Roman, and sub-tribes of Romans. Or am I missing something? We can't apply modern ethnicities as the template to fit ancient ethnicities. It can only be the other way around.
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Re:The last Romans are still around by tremon on Friday June 26, 2026 @04:29PM (#48691581)
The point is that "Roman" is no more an ethnicity than "American" is (as referring to "citizen of the USA" here, not Native American). Roman was a cultural identity, not a genetic one.
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