German Study Suggests Diverse Roman Ancestry

“We analyse genomes extracted from archaeological skeletons. The first thing we found out is this is a highly diverse population, including ancestors from Britain, from the lowlands, Germany. But the major part comes from the Balkans, which was a major recruiter for the Roman army.”

“we identified this other group, which is actually of very northern ancestry.”

“we identify this other group, which is actually of very northern ancestry.”

“We analyse genomes extracted from archaeological skeletons. The first thing we found out is this is a highly diverse population, including ancestors from Britain, from the lowlands, Germany.”

“the Romans may have been more ethnically diverse than we first thought? Yes, exactly, exactly. That's a point. What we observe here... we see these different groups have children together and they kind of mix, but not only genetically, but also culturally.”

“And does this suggest that maybe the Romans and the barbarians would have lived side by side for a period of time and that the Romans may have been more ethnically diverse than we first thought? Yes, exactly.”

“genetically, but also culturally. So in the light of our new study.”

“What we observe here we don't see any riots or something you know I mean maybe there were some but we don't observe them in our data”

“What we observe here we don't see any riots or something you know I mean maybe there were some but we don't observe them in our data what we say is these different.”

“They live in Roman territory and as our genetic data show us, they've been living there for long. There's just families, small groups, maybe even individuals, dropping into the Roman Empire already centuries before the actual end of the Roman Empire.”

“What we see is these different groups have children together and they kind of mix, but not only genetically, but also culturally.”