How did E-V13 get into Italy?
My paternal hg is from a small mountain town in Italy, Trevi nel Lazio. The town is in the ancient Aequi territory. I found records of my (rare) surname from around 1500. I don't think people from such mountain communities moved a lot.
I want to speculate with you about how this hg got there. From what I've seen in the Moots paper, E-V13 got into Rome only in the imperial age. So I think it's the same for the small villages around Rome.
Maybe some people from Magna Graecia who moved to Rome and settled there, and after the barbarian invasions fleed to random small villages? Or Illyrians? Or maybe even people of thracian origin (former slaves). Or maybe the ostrogoths! According to the Moots paper, E-V13 increased in numbers during the middle ages. It was quite a big jump. And this is weird. The main movements to Italy during the middle ages were barbarian. And the barbarians often spent time in the balkans before entering Italy.
P.S. Sorry for the fanboyish question, and I know speculations have no real use in such a case. I just would like to read some reasoning of people more expert than me.
My paternal hg is from a small mountain town in Italy, Trevi nel Lazio. The town is in the ancient Aequi territory. I found records of my (rare) surname from around 1500. I don't think people from such mountain communities moved a lot.
I want to speculate with you about how this hg got there. From what I've seen in the Moots paper, E-V13 got into Rome only in the imperial age. So I think it's the same for the small villages around Rome.
Maybe some people from Magna Graecia who moved to Rome and settled there, and after the barbarian invasions fleed to random small villages? Or Illyrians? Or maybe even people of thracian origin (former slaves). Or maybe the ostrogoths! According to the Moots paper, E-V13 increased in numbers during the middle ages. It was quite a big jump. And this is weird. The main movements to Italy during the middle ages were barbarian. And the barbarians often spent time in the balkans before entering Italy.
P.S. Sorry for the fanboyish question, and I know speculations have no real use in such a case. I just would like to read some reasoning of people more expert than me.