Question please:  The Romans were a literate people.  We have a wealth of
written knowledge from that time period. Ergo, in the "sensu latu"
interpretation (as opposed to the "sensu stricto" ) they were an historic
people.  Is there an arbitrary cutoff to history here that transcends time
and place?   I for one found the referred article interesting, although
given the focus of this forum's interests, I see it as informational and
not necessarily kicking off a sustained thread of conversation.  Hard to
not use words with Latin roots.  Just wondering...



                                                                           
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Ahem, HISTARCH is for Historical Archaeology, not Classical. Let us
try to keep on topic, please.

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