OK so I get the modern part

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The history, culture and language of the Early Germanics from their first contacts with the Meditarrenean cultures to the end of the Second Century CE.

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Historical Thread ₀ Featured August 12 , 2003

For a long time academic tradition stressed the cultural differences between Celtic and Germanic peoples, based on nationbuilding legends in the Romanesque and Germanic countries. What makes a Gaul a Gaul, and what makes a Germanic a Germanic? Or is even the idea of a Gaul nation on one side and a Germanic nation on the other nothing but a fake myth? ...

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OK so I get the modern part

Author: * Surus Helvetti - 2 Posts on this thread out of 3 Posts sitewide.
Date: Aug 21, 2003 - 13:05

OK so I get the modern part about myths that grew up in modern times and give stereatypes. I also get that not everyone that speaks the same language has the same culture, thats obvious. But celtic and gemanic languages are different, aren't they, so it should always be easy to tell the gauls from the germans.

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