Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130324090639

Word of advice about so-called "common viewpoints," Can - often they are wrong.

No more steeped in legends than most eras of human history - and you're talking about the edges of society turning into society at that point. Several areas, such as the Arabs and Byzantines, maintained good records. Their weakness, however, is where they are concentrated on - the eastern Med. Why would they, after all, care about things in Northern Europe? Simply put, they wouldn't.

Kinda hard to have records when the groups in question don't keep any, after all.

Several plagues prior to the Medieval era were just as bad as the Black Death. You just don't hear about them. Have a look at this page.

Simple answer is that they didn't collapse in the way you think. Much of medieval medicine was a more "magic" version of those systems. And, for that matter, these survived intact in the East anyway.

Yes, many of those descriptions are false. Most are either false or exaggerated, truth be told.

Yes, that does look like a good flag.

You're overrating triskelions.

Can, remember that it is a Roman dynasty that comes to power in the area. Even after a few generations, and intermarrying with Gauls, that fact doesn't change. Go with the bull.

Yes, the eagle would come into play. Long been an important symbol in that area of the world.