244 : 12–28. Ripley, pp. 423–424; Freeman, 2, p. 217; Obédénare, p. 350; Ratzel, vol. III, p. 564; and the articles on the Balkans and Hungary in the _Geographical Review_, by Cvijič and Wallis. _Cf._ G. Poisson, _The Latin Origin of the Rumanians_. 244 : 29–245 : 3. Freeman, 1, p. 439. 245 : 3. Jordanes, _History of the Goths_; Procopius, _The History of the Wars_; Gibbon, _Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_, chaps. I and XI; Freeman, _The Historical Geography of Europe_, pp. 70–71; also the notes to pp. 143 and 156 : 10. 245 : 12. Sarmatians. See the note to p. 143 : 21. The same for the Venethi. Under the Roman dominion Latin speech appears to have spread from the Adriatic coast eastward over the Balkans replacing the native dialects except along the shores of the Ægean and in the large cities. 246 : 9. Freeman, 1, pp. 440–441. 246 : 15. Ripley, p. 425. 246 : 24. See the note to p. 173 of this book. 246 : 27. Rhys and Jones, _The Welsh People_, pp. 12, 13. 247 : 3. See the note to p. 174; Oman, 2, pp. 13, 14; Rice Holmes, 1, pp. 409–410; 2, pp. 319–320; Rhys and Jones, pp. 1, 2. 247 : 9. Goidels. Rice Holmes, 1, pp. 227, 291 and 455–456. 247 : 16. Rice Holmes, 1, pp. 229, 456; Oman, 2, p. 16. See also p. 174 of this book. 247 : 23. Ripley, p. 127; Feist, 4, p. 14; Ridgeway, 1, p. 373; and pp. 195 and 212 of this book. 247 : 27. See the note to p. 247 : 3. 248 : 3. Fleure and James, pp. 146, 148; D’Arbois de Jubainville, 2, p. 88. 248 : 6. Rice Holmes, 2, pp. 319–321; Taylor, 2, pp. 138, 167–168; Beddoe, 4, p. 20. 248 : 12. Neo-Celtic. D’Arbois de Jubainville, 2, p. 88; Fleure and James, p. 143. 248 : 14. Rice Holmes, 2, p. 12. 248 : 29–249 : 4. See the notes to pp. 177–178 of this book. 249 : 16. Beddoe, 4, p. 223. 249 : 20. The same, pp. 241–242; Ripley’s maps, pp. 23 and 313; but consult Beddoe, 4, p. 66, for criticisms of evidence derived from place names; Taylor, 2, p. 119. 249 : 27–250 : 1. Beddoe, 4, pp. 139, 241–242. 250 : 1 _seq._ Taylor, 2, p. 173; Palgrave, vol. I of _The English Commonwealth_; Oman, 2, pp. 158 seq. 250 : 6. Taylor, 2, pp. 170–171. 250 : 14. Ripley, p. 22; Taylor, 2, pp. 137–138. 250 : 20. Jordanes, XXXVI; Gibbon and others. 250 : 24. Ripley, pp. 531–533. 250 : 28 _seq._ _Cf._ Ripley, pp. 101, 151 _seq._ 251 : 7 _seq._ _Cf._ Rice Holmes, 2, pp. 309–314. 251 : 18. See the note to p. 182 of this book. 251 : 26. Since the Belgæ were the last wave of the Celts, and Cymric was the later Celtic, this deduction is inevitable, even if there were no facts, such as place names, history, etc., to prove it. See the note to p. 248 : 6. 251 : 28–252 : 2. Beddoe, 4, p. 35; Ripley, pp. 101, 152; Taylor, 2, pp. 95, 98. 252 : 5. See the note to p. 196 : 7. CHAPTER XIV. THE ARYAN LANGUAGE IN ASIA