= Сообщение: 4330 из 12550 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Robert Bashe 2:2448/44 21 Sep 16 15:35:44 Кому : Ward Dossche 21 Sep 16 15:35:44 Тема : Belgians... FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+57e28d19 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+e1041197 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== Ward Dossche wrote to Robert Bashe on Tuesday September 20 2016 at 11:28:
WD> So, here's the question: If Belgium didn't exist until 1830, how come WD> according to Julius Ceasar there was an area called "Belgica" WD> [Belgium] and the people that lived there were called "Belgae" WD> [Belgians] ?
There's a fair difference between Belgium as a country and the Belgae tribe that existed at Caeser's time. Why, I'll bet the Belgae didn't even speak French ;-)
