Hi Hans,

It's an odd use - althopugh we talk about "ancient" societies and peoples the only sensible use of "ancient humans" seems to be when refering to archaic H. sapiens. The use of the sacking of Rome as a delineating event seems pretty arbitary - it would also make Theodosius II, Byzantine Emperor at the time - as well as all the Huns, both ancient and modern human beings

Pete

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