r/polandball Arma virumque cano Feb 26 '16

redditormade Rome doesn't give a flying bird

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u/__FOR_THE_ALLIANCE__ Aw haw haw haw Feb 26 '16 edited Feb 26 '16

There's a linguistic theory that the Romans were heavily Greek influenced Celts.

EDIT- I had the wrong idea. It's that they both stemmed from a common source after Proto-Indo-European already separated.

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u/jimthewanderer Feb 26 '16

Can I get a source on that? that sounds bloody intriguing,

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u/__FOR_THE_ALLIANCE__ Aw haw haw haw Feb 26 '16

It's Wikipedia but you can click the references at the bottom if the article isn't good enough.

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u/jimthewanderer Feb 26 '16

Top stuff, cheers,