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120-114 BC: The Cimbrian flood and the following Cimbrian war 113-101 BC
climate4you ^ | before 2014 | unattributed

Posted on 12/14/2014 12:59:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The Cimbrian flood (or Cymbrian flood) was a large-scale incursion of the North Sea in the region of the Jutland peninsula (Denmark) in the period 120 to 114 BC, resulting in a permanent change of coastline with much land lost. The flood was caused by one or several very strong storm(s). A high number of people living in the affected area of Jutland drowned, and the flooding apparently set off a migration of the Cimbri tribes previously settled there (Lamb 1991)...

The Cimbri were a tribe from Northern Europe, who, together with the Proto-Germanic Teutones and the Ambrones threatened the Roman Republic in the late 2nd century BC. Most ancient sources categorize the Cimbri as a Germanic tribe, but some authors include the Cimbri among the Celts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts). Old sources located their original home in Jutland, which was referred to as the Cimbrian peninsula throughout early historical times. As an example, on the map of Ptolemy, the "Kimbroi" are placed in the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula, in the modern Danish region Himmerland, shortly south of the sound Limfjorden. The moden Vendsyssel-Thy region of Denmark north of Limfjorden was at that time still mainly a group of islands. Himmerland (Old Danish Himbersysel) is generally thought to refer to the name Cimbri. However, the precise origin of the name Cimbri is unknown...

The Gundestrup Cauldron is the largest known example of European Iron Age silverwork... This unique piece of artwork suggests that there was contact between Jutland and southeastern Europe, but it is uncertain if this contact can be associated with the Cimbrian migration.

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The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teutons between 113 and 101 BC (left diagram), with places of major battles with Roman forces indicated. Drawing showing Cimbrian people during their European journey (right).

The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teutons between 113 and 101 BC (left diagram), with places of major battles with Roman forces indicated. Drawing showing Cimbrian people during their European journey (right).

1 posted on 12/14/2014 12:59:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Barry Fell noted that this particular image from the Gundestrup Cauldron is holding up his hands and spelling "thunder" in Ogham -- and the figure is a thunder deity. One view (which IMHO is correct) is that the method of writing began as fingerspelling, a way to communicate silently and (if others were unfamiliar with it) secretly.

New Written Language of Ancient Scotland Discovered

2 posted on 12/14/2014 1:02:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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3 posted on 12/14/2014 1:03:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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4 posted on 12/14/2014 1:03:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting!


5 posted on 12/14/2014 1:04:35 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

His hands are up, but something tells me he is NOT surrendering.


6 posted on 12/14/2014 1:05:54 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Ambrones (Ligures?) – Flood Survivors of the 2nd century BC (Cimbrian War)
http://freya.theladyofthelabyrinth.com/?page_id=610

Odal Land, The Cimbri — 120-114 BC — The Cimbrian flood
http://theudwinniler.tumblr.com/post/29698557551/the-cimbri-120-114-bc-the-cimbrian-flood

Kingdoms of the Germanic Tribes - Cimbri and Teutones
http://theudwinniler.tumblr.com/post/29698557551/the-cimbri-120-114-bc-the-cimbrian-flood

Cymbrian flood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbrian_flood


7 posted on 12/14/2014 1:08:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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Gundestrup cauldron (left). Plate E from the Gundestrup Cauldron (right), apparently showing Roman warriors.

Gundestrup cauldron (left). Plate E from the Gundestrup Cauldron (right), apparently showing Roman warriors.

8 posted on 12/14/2014 1:09:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv

Or maybe he was saying, “Hands up! Don’t shoot!”


9 posted on 12/14/2014 1:26:35 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: SunkenCiv

The only benefit I’ve noted from the global warming hysteria was for some researchers, considering it a cyclic event, to possibly explain its potential effects on human development and migration. Just glanced through the article and it seems to be folling that perception.


10 posted on 12/14/2014 1:27:34 PM PST by clearcarbon
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from the FRchives, Roman Scandinavia topics: the entire Roman Empire keyword, newest to oldest:
11 posted on 12/14/2014 1:53:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: clearcarbon

I wholeheartedly agree.


12 posted on 12/14/2014 1:54:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: BenLurkin; MIchaelTArchangel

;’)


13 posted on 12/14/2014 1:54:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

“Don’t taze me, bro!”


14 posted on 12/14/2014 2:27:39 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ((I once was blind but now I see...))
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To: SunkenCiv

You look at the map of their wanderings, maybe they weakened the Gauls in advance of Caesar’s conquests.


15 posted on 12/14/2014 2:35:27 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

They were Celts, I believe. :’) And Gaius had everything he needed to kick the living ka-ka out of the whole bunch.


16 posted on 12/14/2014 3:10:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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And, from and for the fringe:

The Oera Linda Book
by Wiliam R. Sandbach
http://sacred-texts.com/atl/olb/index.htm
http://oeralinda.webs.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oera_Linda_Book


17 posted on 12/14/2014 3:16:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv
Sometimes great conquests are preceded by an earlier event which weakened the conquered people, like when the Byzantines defeated the Persians right before the Muslims overran Persia.

I'm thinking the Cimbri could have had some such effect on the Gauls.

18 posted on 12/14/2014 3:20:40 PM PST by MUDDOG
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European Kingdoms
Northern Europe
Jutes (Eudoses)
http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/ScandinaviaJutes.htm


19 posted on 12/15/2014 10:25:57 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv

“is that the method of writing began as fingerspelling, a way to communicate silently and (if others were unfamiliar with it) secretly.”

Fascinating. And now the gangsters, outside the pale of civilization by their own choice, are re-inventing it.


20 posted on 12/15/2014 2:21:16 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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