tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post5825712528891267357..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Treasure of NagyszentmiklósJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-72440785234763617642021-02-10T10:26:44.253-05:002021-02-10T10:26:44.253-05:00I see there's a debate about who collected thi...I see there's a debate about who collected this assemblage, but it's still pleasant for me to think that this was put together by, say, an Avar clan. The Avars are such an important but shadowy presence in the early Middle Ages, and it is pleasant to see this as the result of the Avars doing just the sort of thing they are said to have done: collected tribute and loot from everyone around them and stored it up over several more than a century. Who doesn't like a good barbarian, at least at the distance of, say, 1300 years?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.com