Originally posted by GvdM
It was the Franks (though Germanic) who probably brought culture of civilization to the north through "Romanization".
Anybody who wanted to claim to being somebody important always claimed Roman ancestry; the Celts did the same thing with King Arthur and Magnus Maximus (Romano-Spaniard).
I don't believe Germania before the Romans was ever intelligent enough to have invented surnames, just like they didn't invent runes as we're all misled to believe. Ironic how runes look like Phoenican and Latin letters. LOL. We all know the Irish monks had to teach the Germans the letters G, and Y. LOL.
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