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This map is a pseudo-scientific map. It is not based on archeological and ethnographical facts. Dr. Fekete Zsolt, medical doctor
- Right, the map is of questionable scientific merit. It suggests that Vlachs originated somewhere in a narrow region of northern Serbia / western Romania and that they spread out from there. It shows Vlachs moving from this 'primordial' region all the way to Dalmatia and Greece and parts in between. There simply is no historic evidence that any of this occured. Some of the arrows showing Vlachs moving into the Ukraine, Poland, Czechia, etc may be correct. Unfortunately, the basic premise that there was a narrow region where Vlachs formed and from which they spread out over the Balkans is unfounded. There is a diametrically opposite view: the entire Balkans is the homeland of the Vlachs. The Balkans were under Roman occupation for six centuries. During that time a romanized population existed everywhere north of the Jirecek line, and their descedants are the Vlachs (i.e., not only those of Dacian origin). The fall of the Roman empire and the invasions of various peoples, (Goths, Avars, Slavs, Cumans, etc) severed the ties among these romanized people, resulting in Vlach islands. I'd like to see a serious argument against this view. Otherwise the map should be redone.C0gnate 21:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
