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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7986673, member: 110504&quot;]Many thanks for the elucidation, [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER].&nbsp; ...I&#039;d always instinctively assumed that the Celts were less invested in Greco-Roman culture than the Germanic tribes were, broadly half a millennium later.&nbsp; </p><p>Fascinating to imagine where the Celts, east and west, might have gone with this, if they&#039;d had the chance to evolve, like the Germanic tribes did in the west.&nbsp; ...In that context, I promise you, the Classical tradition never lost its cachet during the whole course of the Middle Ages.&nbsp; Even the chroniclers of, for instance, the 10th and 11th centuries (during or near the nadir of western Europe), like to quote and allude to Classical Roman authors.&nbsp; Yes, they&#039;re showing off, and No, their Latin usually doesn&#039;t win any prizes (I know this only by reputation), but it&#039;s front and center in their literary frame of reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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