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>Guelphs vs Ghibellines
Ah yes, the root of all modern conflicts. Fun-fact, the House of Hannover and thus the ruling dynasty of England is actually just a renamed version of the House of Guelph, thus they're not English, French or German. They're Romans. The Habsburgs are also of the same root. Guelphs were originally the House of Este. Who were the Estes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Este
>According to Edward Gibbon, the family originated from the Roman Attii family, which migrated from Rome to Este[10] to defend Italy against the Ostrogoths.
Wikipedia immediately does damage control:
>However, there is little evidence to support this hypothesis. The names of the early members of the family indicate that a Frankish origin is much more likely.
The "Frankish" nobility were originally Romans, not Germanic. So that's irrelevant.
Back to the Attia family:
>which may be identical with the gens Atia, also sometimes spelled with a double t.
Who were the Atia family?
>Marcus Atius M. f. Balbus, praetor in 62 BC, grandfather of Augustus.
>Atia M. f. M. n., the second wife of Gaius Octavius, and mother of Augustus.
>Atia M. f. M. n., the aunt of Augustus, and wife of Lucius Marcius Philippus, consul in 38 BC.
So Romans, yet again. In-fact, they were the ancestors of Augustus. Now you can trace that further, all the way to Troy and then to the Roman gods.
Now you know why Miles never researched ancient Rome despite constantly dealing with medieval Europe. Ironic too, seeing as he considers Troy a victim of the Phoenicians, and yet Romans are Trojans. So how does that fit into his narrative?