Is your nickname Sancho? For NYC XYZ's info, some of us can trace our descendency to Iberian-Celts and Romans who inhabited northern Spain. One of the largest concentrations of Celtic descendants in the world is in Galicia, the Galic region of northeastern Spain. The Celts extended themselves into the Province of Asturias and further east to the Pyranese. The yo-yo that goes by NYC XYZ wanted to know about Hispanics, well I posted them. I forgot the Jesuits, they are a Hispanic Roman Catholic order. If he doesn't believe that Wal Disney was Hispanic and adopted by someone other than Hispanics, let him disprove that Walt was Hispanic. He won't be able to do it, I'll guarantee it. He'll get baseless opinions. I don't care if Hernan Badillo was or wasn't his favorite congressman (he wasn't mine) from NY. Well that is his right, just like Hilliary is nothing to brag about. NYC XYZ also says the "hispanic" is somethng new, boy is he a dum-dum. Check it out below. The Origins The first time that we hear the word Latin was in the time just prior to the Roman Empire in what is now called Italy. A tribe of people who called themselves Latins appeared in Italy and began to subjugate their neighbors. Their country was called Latium, their capital city was Rome and the language they spoke was, of course, Latin. Later, when the Romans invaded Iberia (Spain), they found many different tribes there. Eventually they conquered most of the peninsula, and in the southwest of Iberia they found a city called Hispalis (Seville). It is not clear if Hispalis was originally Greek or Phoenician. From the name it appears that the city was originally a Greek colony (Hispalus was a mythical Greek hero who was related to Hercules). At the time of the Roman conquest the city was occupied by a tribe of Celtiberians, a mixture of Celts and Iberians. Cop Drops Dead into curvecosts 661First off, NYC XYZ, I thank you for your response. I applaud you for comprehending what I was trying to point out, and not dismissing... The Romans eventually annexed the Iberian peninsula and made it a province which they called Hispania, most probably named after the city of Hispalis. Later, the Romans divided their new province into two parts, Hispania Citerior (closer Spain) and Hispania Ulterior (farther Spain). Although there were other divisions later, these were the official names of Iberia throughout the Roman Empire, and would remain so until the fall of the Empire. It should be understood then, that the word Espa�a comes from the Latin word Hispania and not the other way around. The word Hispania then, in ancient times referred to the people and eventually to the culture of the Iberian peninsula. It was probably the Anglo-Saxons who, having difficulty pronouncing the Latin word Hispania, that coined the English term, Hispanic. As Rome added more territory to her empire, she began to impose her language and ways on the conquered people. This eventually led to the creation of several new languages which are now called Latin or Romance languages (Romance as used here has nothing to do with amorous relations, it is a reference to the city of Rome). Several Latin countries were also created, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Albania and Romania. In summation the term Latin originally referred to the following: 1) The name of the tribes of people which eventually started the Roman Empire and the name of the language that they spoke. 2) The official language of the Roman Catholic church. 3) An individual from a country that speaks a Latin language. In Europe Latins are generally accepted to be individuals coming from a country where a Latin language is spoken. Individuals coming from France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Albania and Romania are called Latins. The European view of Latin America is simply as a geographical location. Someone from Venezuela, for instance will be seen as Latin American but not necessarily as Latin. A subtle, but nonetheless accurate distinction. The European view of the term Hispanic is fairly precise. It refers to Spain, its culture, the Spanish speaking people of Latin America and-or their culture. Some of us are Latin, some of us are not, but all of us are Hispanic. Brazilians aren't Hispanic but many of them are of Latin descendancy. Cop Drops Dead into curvecosts 665a425couple Perhaps, but I can't remember the last time a firefighter just dropped dead. Me too. I can see how fire-fighting is much more likely to require physical strength and...
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