some real interesting historical research…

One of the fun bits about genealogy as a hobby is that you end up delving into places and areas you've never remotely understood. And I always pooh-poohed any possibility of being able to trace ancestry back into the Roman Empire, but research got me into some really, really interesting characters, during the Really Dark Ages, when the Roman Empire was coming apart and the most loyal Romans were often provincials who'd never seen Rome at all. I'll give you a list of really interesting...