What were some of the roles of Meditteranean people after the

>>2608123
1) Which Mediterranean people?
2) Which two people were mixed up?

>>2608128
Sorry i didnt clarify. 1.Italians, Spaniards, Greeks.
2. All northern europeans and southern europeans

>>2608123

They were inevitably, eventually BLEACHED and became one with the barbarians. THEN the Muslims went and BROWNED them back a little with their invasions.

/pol/itics aside, I like to think the Greeks/ Romans/ Spaniards stood out, played their parts, and then just kinda faded in with the rest of us. They passed the torch on, so to speak. If you are curious about specifics, most historic texts cite the population of Rome specifically going down as other cities and places became more important to the ancient/ medieval world (Byzantium, Britain, France, Germany, etc). Italy became less important, with the exceptions being Venice and Genoa and maybe a few others. Less importance usually equals less people.

>>2608123
>after the fall of Rome and into the early middle ages?

What? The one leads directly into the other. Italians had a leading role in the whole middle ages, firstly thanks to the Pope and secondly thanks to the preservation in Italy of urban living, which made it a center for learning throughout the medieval period.

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>>2608197
>Italians
Italian cities went Post-Apocalyptic Shelter mode when Rome disintegrated. While they were subject to one power over another, they usually held their own governance and affairs which then led to the the Italian City States later on. Rome depopulated but got back up again when the Papal States was reformed.
>Spain
Got VISIGOTH'd and MOOR'd
>Greeks
Didn't get the memo that Rome fell because...they were the Eastern Roman Empire a.k.a Byzantine Empire. Lookitup.

>>2608299
based byzantium

>>2608279
>t. I know shit about european population genetics

>>2608279
Op here. Awesome. Thanks