"Slavic settlements in the Balkans"

race-regulator

I think the term is about presiding public games (possibly in this context horse races or something alike).

Originally posted by Chilbudios race-regulator I think the term is about presiding public games (possibly in this context horse races or something alike).

Hehe this man is going to be famous soon.

Actually that is just a fragment of the inscription regarding that mysterious "Albanos" man. The whole inscription refers to some millitary officers of various possitions in the area of Asia Minor and Achaia (Note: Asian Achaia, between Torikos and Kolchis).

Race regulator could be as you said about public games, but since he is a millitary man i believe they use the "race" as a struggle.

The word is composite from Agonas and Thetis.

Agonas means struggle, race, fight, match, game etc...Thetis is product of the verb Theto which means "I place/I put". You use it also when you "lay the basis" for something, declare something or when you regulate. So by my opinion this could be a man who played a major role in millitary expeditions.

Something interresting is that some strange names appear in that stele e.g

Sexton Kyinktilion son of Sextu
Walerius Maximus
Nerua
Sevasti Germanikianis

Can anybody trace these names somehow? Except from the name Sevasti which is Greek (but not the surname) the rest are pretty weird.

I know it is of topic but since we spotted this man and discussed his name and ethnicity, I'm curious about the origin of the other names.


Edited by Flipper - 17-Jan-2008 at 18:29

Right on spot Beorna!
You're right!

Good job guys!

Thesmothetes = he who creates an ordinance (Solon was a thesmothetes)
Nomothetes = legislator

"All Ghegs are albanized Serbs".

Bigger crap I haven't heard, except about the Catholic and Moslem Serbs perhaps.

Yugoslav, what timeframe does that map represent?

Salan and Glad are characters from Gesta Hungarorum (and AFAIK that's the only source mentioning them) placing them in the end of the 9th-10th century. The map is wrong (if it gives your dating) or you're wrong and the map is indeed showing a late 9th - 10th century perspective (though some other criticisms may be issued).

Edited by Chilbudios - 03-Feb-2008 at 13:50

Originally posted by Yugoslav "All Ghegs are albanized Serbs". Bigger crap I haven't heard, except about the Catholic and Moslem Serbs perhaps.

Originally posted by HEROI Originally posted by Yugoslav "All Ghegs are albanized Serbs". Bigger crap I haven't heard, except about the Catholic and Moslem Serbs perhaps.   I dont think there are catholic Serbs in Albania,as for the Muslim ones everybody knows they are Serbs,they live in Kukes and are called Goran.   Hey,but thats not the end of it,they say all Albanian language is just a bastardised Serbian language,others freely acuse every Albanian of being muslim,(well i know there is nothing to acuse there if somebody is muslim,but given the current global political climate it seams a favorable acusation to make by the Serbs) man you people over the border make up your mind were you stand,you cant keep changing theories,choose one of the hundreds you throwing about and stick by it,no problem if it does not make sense.

Just please don't connote me with that.