A groundbreaking study overturns previous assumptions about Roman influence in the Balkans, showing a diverse genetic heritage primarily influenced by Slavic migrations, rather than Italian ancestry. Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula
DNA analysis of remains from throughout the Balkans in the Roman Empire era have drawn surprising findings about where the population migrated from - and it wasn’t Rome!
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<p>Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic evidence of Iron Age Italian ancestry. Instead, a study published December 7 in the journal <em>Cell</em> revealed successive waves of migrations from Western Anatolia, central and northern Europe, and the Pontic-Kazakh Steppe during the Empire’s reign.</p>
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