Why do people assume the Romans had any genetic impact on Iberia and France?

[Prisoner Of Ice]

If the Romans ever did have any impact, it'd be bred out by now considering that it'd have been stronger in southern Spain, which, after the Reconquista was largely repopulated from the north.

If anything biggest interest in lack of effect is that it says what effect the germanics had. Probably less than people think, if the romans are anything to go by. But you still have ancient J in England so you can't claim there was no effect at all for Romans.

[Roy]

Some people literally think French, Spanish, etc. people are primarily of Roman ancestry. Not kidding.

Yes this is completely made-up but there are people who are descendants of Roman colonists on the other hand.

[Sikeliot]

Yes this is completely made-up but there are people who are descendants of Roman colonists on the other hand.

I don't deny there are a few. But it's a small amount.

[Empecinado]

Maybe romans had this way of thinking about not to get that involved with the original populations of their conquered lands, maybe they thought that was a way to mantain a more ferreous control over them, only it gets my attention how they didnt mix, it talks about how disciplined were the roman legions too.

They mixed for sure, Trajan was half Iberian for example. But as they were not so many their influence was not important. Also, many Roman legions and auxiliar troops present here were made up of Romanized Iberians.

[Wolf]

Why do people assume otherwise?

They're equating modern nation states with ancient empires.

Being Roman referred to the Roman citizenship.

[Ianus]

Romans hadn't rilevant genetic impact in Iberia, like in all counties they conquered. The impact was political and cultural

[Armand_Duval]

Romans hadn't rilevant genetic impact in Iberia, like in all counties they conquered. The impact was political and cultural

And what do you think it was due to?

[Ianus]

And what do you think it was due to?

Romans have become the new dominant elite and imposed their Language to the mass.

[Armand_Duval]

Romans have become the new dominant elite and imposed their Language to the mass.

You dont answer the question...If they were the dominant power why they didnt mix with the dominated peoples?, Why their impact was just culturally and politically but not of blood?.

I wouldn't expect the dominat classes, the aristocracy to mix but what about the roman soldiers?.

[Ianus]

Because they were few. There were some settlements (like Italica), but not so much to altered the genetic of Iberia.