The Carpatho-Danubian Space

 

The Carpatho-Danubian space bears the oldest vestiges of man’s existence and activities in Europe, indicating its belonging to the vast area of anthropogenesis.

In Valcea County, at Bugiulesti, an important number of animal bones leads back to the Villafranchian period. Human osteological remains found at Ohaba Ponor Cave (two hand phalanxes and a foot one) belonging to Homo sapiens neanderthalensis speak of a different historical period.

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The deep roots of The Danube civilization

THE DEEP ROOTS OF THE DANUBE CIVILIZATION

 

By Marco Merlini

 

1. The high status of the Danube Civilisation

 

The “early civilisation” status can no longer limit itself to the regions which have long attracted scholarly attention (i.e. Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant and the ancient Indus valley), but it has to expand to embrace the Neolithic and Chalcolithic civilisation of the Danube Valley.

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Decebalus

THE REAL ROMANIAN EARLY HISTORY (III)

 

"DECEBALUS" ("BRAVEHEART")- KING DIURAPNEUS' NICKNAME

 

Motto: "Of Gods Themselves should we descend

All, facing Death, still have to bend;

It makes no difference as to die

An old hunchback, or younger guy,

Yet, Lion better says "good bye"

Over a Dog in chains..."

 (From: "Decebalus addressing the people", by George Cosbuc)

 

 

Throughout the First century A.D., the Carpatho-Danubiano-Pontic geographical space apparently was some kind of an immense fighting zone. Its Thracian local population sees herself continously harassed, plundered, robbed, pushed aside, stricken and hit by all kinds of tribal new-comers, whose migratory waves gradually succeed to settle down somewhere and...

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