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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 3126778, member: 84905&quot;]I think Valens is right, the last ember of Gothic political identity died in the 15th century at the very latest with the principality of Gothia. In fact, the remnants of the Crimean Gothic culture and identity had already earlier been absorbed into the Greek culture which prevailed on the Crimean at the time. The princes of this principality were Greeks not Goths.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 16th century the Crimean Gothic language was clearly on the brink of extinction. de Busbecq&#039;s records from the 1560s show that the Crimean Goths whom he encountered could not even speak the language. Instead, he had to rely on a Greek from the Crimean who knew a few words for his word list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best</p><p>Dirk[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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