i read the report, it says
either Thracian, Dacian, Illyrian or Celtic
the town survived to invasions from the Goths and later the Huns
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i read the report, it says
either Thracian, Dacian, Illyrian or Celtic
the town survived to invasions from the Goths and later the Huns
Fathers mtdna ...... T2b17
Grandfather paternal mtdna ... T1a1e
Sons mtdna ...... K1a4p
Mothers line ..... R1b-S8172
Grandmother paternal side ... I1-CTS6397
Wife paternal line ..... R1a-PF6155
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T
he modern town of Niš (Republic of Serbia) gotits name after antique
Naissus
(
Νάϊσσος
,
Ναϊσ-σός
,
Naessus, urbs Naisitana, Navissus, Navis-sum
,
Ναϊσσούπολις
)
2
. The Antique town arose on theleft bank of Nišava, most likely during the I centuryAD. At this time, the territory was inhabited by popula-tion on whose ethnic structure little is known; scarceonomastic and archaeological data suggest the presen-ce of members of Illyrian, Thracian, Dacian and Celticorigin
3
. Thanks to a very favourable geographical andstrategic position, on the junction of roads for
Vimina-cium, Ratiaria, Serdica, Constantinopolis,Thessaloniki
and
Lissus
,
Apart from the ascents it had, Naissus and its nei-ghbouring region also survived significant devasta-tions in the Late Antique period. First strokes hit thetown in the years 378-380 by Western Goths. In the ye-ar 441 Huns besieged and destroyed Naissus
10
,
Total annihilation of L283 by Serbian speakers in Middle Ages. Genocidal beasts. Old habits die hard.