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Ive read some papers that mentioned the Scythian G1 link and i figure that is probably the most recent, non "european" link i can work with.
So, that lead me to a book titled "From Scythia to Camelot" that tries to cover history from about the time of Hadrian's Wall. The theory goes like this: Marcus Aurelius defeated some Scythian tribes and rolled them into his legions. He sent those Scythian Heavy Horseman (many most likely G1) to the British Isles to: 1. remove them from their land and stop any potential for insurgency and 2. squash the uprising of picts and other tribes on the British Isles.
It goes on to suggest that those Scythian Heavy Horse brought the legend of mounted knights to Britain...it gets sketchy after that.
I'd really like to believe it all, but of course it throws a wrench in the whole 'Arthurian Cycle' and pisses off a lot of self identifying Celts.
I guess it could be as simple as some drunk G mongo who managed to stumble across the alps and make his way to NW Europe and throw some serious cock around...in which case i would also be OK with it.
Thank you for looking deeper into it.
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