Theories on the real extent of the Geto-Dacian people have a real kernel of truth and this is not at all a Romanian nationalist exaltation without cause. Miceal Ledwith, a confidant of Pope Benedict, had access to secret documents from the Vatican Library and he recently made a statement that shocked the world and overthrew the theory of Latin origin.
Scientist Miceal Ledwith, counselor of Pope Benedict, stated that classical Latin has its roots in ancient Romanian language, and not vice versa. Former member of the International Theological Commission, Miceal Ledwith had access to nearly 230 kilometers of bookshelves in the archive of the Vatican Library and after 15 years of research he has pointed the following, to the astonishment of many:
“Even if the consensus is that Latin is the language the official Catholic Church and the language of the Roman Empire, and the Romanian language is a Latin language, less people know that Latin, or its precursor, originates from the place where Latin stems from, and not vice-versa. So I would like to congratulate the people of the Carpathians because they are the parents of Latin”. In other words, Romanian language is not a Latin language, but rather Latin is a language of Romanian origin or, more precisely, a Geto-Dacian language.
The country stretched up to Slovakia
The theory that Romanians are primarily the descendants of Dacians, as major ethnic trunk, is based on a simple historical logic. The Romans have conquered only about 28% of Dacia and in the rest of the territory, controlled by the free Dacians, Roman influences were not so high and the old traditions remained intact.
Apparently the Emperor Trajan has only showed interest in occupying an aisle toward the capital Sarmizegetusa, especially for salt and gold mines in Rosia Montana in the Apuseni Mountains. Instead, Dacia of Burebista and Decebal stretched from Tisa to Woody Carpathians in Slovakia, to Northern Bukovina in today Ukraine and across the Dniester to the Bug.
To conclude, the Romans conquered barely a third of its territory occupied by the Dacians and were controlling the Banat, part of Oltenia, Orastie Mountains and Apuseni Mountains. Free Dacians have remained in Partium, Maramures, Tisa, Northern Bukovina, Moldova to the Dniester – Bug and Muntenia.
The “romanization” hypothesis has been excluded
We all know that the Roman occupation lasted from 275 to 105 AD, ie 170 years and only in a limited geographical region. Therefore, a logical question arises: how could the Dacians be romanized if only a third of its territory was occupied by the Romans? Moreover, Roman occupation lasted much less than in Gaul and Britain, and the English do not speak a Latin language, while Gaelic is still spoken in some places even today in some parts of rural France.
Transylvania was occupied by the Austrians for 218 years, from 1700 to 1918, and Transylvanian Romanians do not speak German at home nor on the street. Bessarabia was occupied by the Russians 200 years, but most people speak Romanian within the family, at least as shown by studies performed after the collapse of communism. So the idea of Romanization of Dacia which was only a third occupied by Rome, is excluded, including in terms of simple historical logic.
Tests conducted on 5000-year old bone tissues
The recent and shocking theory of Miceal Ledwith is supported including by scientific research conducted by Romanian scientists, although initially there were voices who have protested against this current.
Probably it will not be long until the historiographical trend that supports the theory of the Geto-Dacian origin of the Romanian language and people will make its presence felt, of course recognizing Latin and Slavic historical influences. Recently, a study conducted by Dr. Georgeta Cardos, a specialist in genetics, with the support of the University of Hamburg, started from bone tissues collected from more than 20 Romanian archaeological sites, from a total of 50 individuals belonging to populations who lived here 5,000 years ago.
Genetic data obtained were compared with those of today Romanians. The conclusion was that there is a clear genetic kinship between the current Romanian population and those who lived in that country 5,000 years ago, and basic fund proves the continuity and the close contact with ancient people, namely the Dacian population, the branch of the great Thracian nation from northern Danube.
The Emperor Trajan, “a veritable Thracian”
Moreover, if we investigate the ancient sources, we’ll be even more surprised. Cassius Dio (155-229 AD), a famous historian of the Roman Empire, born in Iznik (a city located in modern Turkey), refers to Emperor Trajan as “a genuine Thracian” (the Thracians were the ancestors of Geto-Dacians); he also refers to the military conflicts between Gauls and Romans as “fratricidal wars between peoples of the same origin”.
Cassius Dio even claims that before starting the battle, Trajan said: “Now I will return to the land of my ancestors!”. However, Italian historians deny such records. Instead, related to the fatherhood of the Thracian branch, there are voices disputing theories considered taboo until recently.
For example, historian Graziano Baccolini states: “It is difficult to understand why, yet some Italian historians fail to understand the enormous contribution of the Thracian civilization to the strengthening of Western culture and why – guided by false evidence – they claim that the Greeks and Romans are upper primary cultures of Europe”.
And if we add what the “father of history”, Herodotus, have said in Antiquity, namely that “the Getae, whom the Romans shall call Gauls, are the bravest and most righteous of the Thracians”, then things become clear as daylight.
“I would like to congratulate the people of the Carpathians because they are the parents of Latin” – Miceal Ledwith
“28% of Dacia and in the rest of the territory, controlled by the free Dacians, Roman influences were not so high and the old traditions remained intact”
“It is difficult to understand why, yet some Italian historians fail to understand the enormous contribution of the Thracian civilization to the strengthening of Western culture.” – Graziano Baccolini
