Recent content by Evilixir

This is from Eupedia's page about the Genetic origin of Italy : The Normans left a much clearer print on Sicily and southern Italy. Originally Vikings from Denmark, the Normans were granted a duchy by the King of France in 911. From 999, invited by the Prince of Salerno, Norman knights started...

According to scholars they spoke a branch of Illyrian languages. The alliance with Pyrrhus could had been as a result of both parts having a common enemy (The Romans), but prior to that they weren't allies with the Epirotes. For example, in 333-330 BC, King Alexander I of Epirus was called by...

I agree E-V13 is pretty spread. But the lack of I2a, the drastic disruption of the J2b spreading between the heel and other parts of south Italy (former Greek settlements), with the peak of J2b being reached in the heel, along with Apulia being the 3rd region in Italy with most E-V13, make too...

Hello to all! First of all i'm new to this forum, but only in terms of creating an account, cause i follow it from a long time. And this is my very first post here. :satisfied: I was reading about the tribes inhabiting in Italy before the Roman expansion. The Messapians were a group which...