I commend the section beginning at 31:15 to Tom Rogers
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I enjoy that channel, so will watch it.
The video talk was very interesting. I must watch more of Dr. Gabb’s videos.
There is a controversial article on this topic over on the Unz site, dating back to 2010. Link: https://www.unz.com/article/what-race-were-the-greeks-and-romans/
The Unz article makes the case that Ancient Greece and Rome were white civilisations, founded by Nordics who had migrated from northern Europe.
Your point in the video does not necessarily seem contradictory to this, since it’s of course possible that these civilisations declined gradually due to racial intermixing (which is not to say that such decline is necessarily always a bad thing in itself – civilisation ebbs and flows, I suppose).
I must say, I don’t know what to make of it all. I lack any formal or systematic classical education, so I don’t have the points of reference to enter into an intelligent discussion on the topic. I don’t personally believe the Greeks and Romans were Nordic in the sense we would use that term today, it’s more likely they were one or more other meta-ethnicities of whites, now defunct due to mixing and the decline of their culture. DNA testing probably is not going to be conclusive given that the underlying science denies racial categorisations and ascribes genetic pedigrees to socio-geographic origins.
Beyond that, I’m afraid I will not be much help.