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On Thu, 19 Sep 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote: > I am not sure if all of this went to the list, so my apolgies if > everybody already has this!. > > However, again I may be mistaken but I thought that there were > certainly Celts in Rome in roman times as advisors and such like, it > would be a surmise that these histories, Virgil, Homer etc, would have > permiated across Europe in the intervening years, even though, as you > say, it is probably in the writing (and translation) that the essence > of the message was written. > > I really would be interested in anyone elses views on this > > David Debono > [log in to unmask] > I'm not sure how relevant this is, but...I'm translating parts of Sallust's _Catiline Conspiracy_ for my Latin class. Sallust refers to Gallic ambassadors in Rome during the time--The Allobroges (I think the spelling is correct, don't have my books with me.) In any case, it seems possible. I tend to view the "they're barbarians and couldn't possibly have learnt ...(fill in the blank)" attitude as class snobbery. (this is not intended as a flame to the original poster!!!) Becky %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%