Quote Originally Posted by Danielion View Post
Sikeliot loves putting links to Sicily and the Levant and emphasing on the Mediterranean elements. But he can't deny the historical presence of Franks, Lombards and Normans on South Italian soil, and especially in and near Bari at that. It's just history. Of course not enough to forever change the genepool of the region in my opinion, but they were effectively there.

Lombards have largely Italianised too, but it's believed they still spoke their Germanic language until 1000 AD, though their Latinisation was already in full force during the 6th century AD, and the ones in Southern Italy probably for the full 100% Latinised at the time.
He still tries, anyway.

But yep, well said