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I present a conversation I had on Facebook with a protochronist lady; it’s an opportunity to recap some of my older articles on Dacians and Dacia and introduce a new hope (not the old one).

Varianta în limba română pe FaṭăCarte Meta Zamolxis.

• I continue to be contacted by readers who want my social media presence to be focused on Dacology
• While this is a personal blog dedicated to all things Romanian, from Toronto diaspora perspective, I have also looked at history
• Ignoring or despising Dacologists is pushing them toward extremist politicians

This blog’s Meta page has dropped “Also Sprach” from its URL for the sake of brevity and it is only “Zamolxis” which seems to confuse quite a lot of people. A while back, they were younger, but now I’m getting messages from people who have difficulties typing. In the screenshot, this seemingly older lady admonishes me to stop writing in English because Zamolxis was someone who spoke old Romanian, which is a highly unlikely. In the end, she threatens me with the police.

I don’t feel I’m indebted to anyone vis-a-vis “Dacic content”: I wrote about changing our name to Dacia and Dacology in Romanian, about Sarmizegetusa Regia and even about Alexic Danopathy & dan alexe. I wrote about our genetic origins, even though I don’t consider that important.

A new book from Humanitas by Mihai G. Netea, titled O istorie genetică (incompletă) a românilor, does (pt-50).

Mihai Netea's book sheds new light on the genetic structure of Romanians, showing that only about 20% of our genes come from Dacian ancestors. According to genetic studies, Romanians are largely descended from Neolithic and Paleolithic populations that lived in Europe tens of thousands of years ago. Approximately 30% of the Romanian genetic baggage comes from Paleolithic populations that migrated to Europe around 50,000 years ago - exemplified by the skulls discovered at Cioclovina Cave and Muierii Cave.

Around 50% of our genetics is linked to the Neolithic populations that developed the Boian, Vinca and later the impressive Cucuteni cultures, known for their highly developed villages, some with up to 50,000 inhabitants. These populations were responsible for the introduction of agriculture and animal husbandry and had a significant influence on the development of prehistoric societies in Europe.

The Dacians, as a conquering and ruling population, represent only about 20% of the Romanians' gene pool. They were an offshoot of the Thracians, who migrated from the steppes north of the Black Sea about 3,500 years ago, bringing with them Indo-European languages. Thus, the Dacians took control of the Cucuteni culture and other Neolithic communities, but their impact on the overall gene pool was relatively small.

Yet the book is old news – 2 years old.

Newer news (sic) involve repairs for the oldest paved road in Romania, likely built by Dacians (hist-drum).

The most famous ancient paved road in Romania is located at Sarmizegetusa Regia and is said to have been built by the Dacians two millennia ago.

The partially buried ancient road connects the ancient fortification to the sacred area of the UNESCO site. It had a total length of more than 170 meters, an average width of almost six meters and descending in the area of the temples on terraces IX, X and XI of the Dacian capital, it registers a difference in level of 25 meters.

In the Orăștiei Mountains, a flight of steps leading up to the 'palaces' of the Dacian fortress Costești and the paved road in the fortress of Piatra Roșie, also built in the form of steps, are, together with the road in Sarmizegetusa Regia, the only such buildings from the Dacian period.

The paved road of Sarmizegetusa Regia was partially unveiled by archaeologists in the 1950s and was part of an extensive restoration project in the early 1980s.

New Podeni limestone blocks were added and a drainage system was installed. But the monument in the capital of the Dacians could be in for another restoration. The project was submitted by Hunedoara County Council for funding (…)

Why bring all this up now?

I noticed that Calin Georgescu has adopted some of the protochronist ideas as shown in the Tatulici interview at 45’. The way Alexic Danopaths reject not just the problematic claims, but even the generally accepted parts of our history is an elitist diss that many Romanians resent and may explain part of CG’s appeal.

I’ve an idea, and I’ll tell you soon about it.

Sources / More info: hist-drum, pt-50, gp-metam

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