Talk:Asen dynasty

Bozhidar Dimitrov
In this case, B. Dimitrov is right. "The Romanians's history" began in earnest the 1860s, and the first mention of the very term "Romanian" (that is, Цара Ромъняскъ) was made in the 16th century. Prior to that; there was no "Romanian history". And prior to the late 13th century (a century after the Asen brothers' rebellion), there was no Vlach history in Цара Ромъняскъ (Wallachia) either. No doubt, some day there will be an objective Romanian history written by Romanians, but obviously there is a long way to go.74.66.234.61 (talk) 22:23, 20 July 2008 (UTC) In Bulgarian vision Wallach is not Romanian. In Romanian language, term Wallach is not used because is the name of Romanians given by foreign people. Also in Deutsch language term German is not used because is the name of "allemands or nemetski" given by foreign people. Europe do not care about Bulgarian system to name peoples.Readder (talk) 17:22, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Nicetas Choniates
It is very possible that the Asens were of Wallachian (Romanian) or Cuman origin. At that time both ethnic groups lived north of the Danube and contacts across the river were commonplace. Serious Bulgarian historians (here I exclude the present director of Sofia's National History Museum, prof. Bozidar Dimitrov) do not object this possibility. If anyone objects a thesis, he must either present strong evidence or shut up. I would not be surprised if people like prof. Dimitrov would oppose any mentioning of the Vlachs in the Bulgarian history, I've personally heard him saying that "Romanians have no history so they are forced to make it up". On the other hand, some Romanian scholars absolutely deny the influence of the Bulgarian medieval state, language and culture in Romania - while exactly the opposite can easily be proved in any conversation between a Romanian and a Bulgarian speaker, when they would be surprised by huge number of common words, although the two languages are of different (Romanian is of Latin, and Bulgarian of Slavic) origin.

Don't forget to mention Nicetas, who was, I believe, the first to say that the Asen brothers were Vlach. --Anittas 00:41, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

This makes it clear that you can't make difference between Bulgarian and Romanian names because there is lot's of Romanian names in Bulgaria that got some Slavicized form, like Trajan becomes Traiche or Traiko, as there are plenty of Slavonic names in Romania. Basically the two peoples are of the Dacho-Thracian stock that got influenced by various new comers including Bolgars, Slavs, Romans, Albanians etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.202.248.68 (talk) 10:46, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Ashina

 * It's not impossible that there is a link between the Asen dynasty and the Ashina Turkic royal clan.

Of course, it's also not impossible that the Asens were beings from another planet. But in Wikipedia we need Reliable sources. Is there any such source that mentions the link ? bogdan 16:36, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Asen is an Aramaic surname. It is common, even today throughout Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. There are a lot of famous Asens just do some googling. I guess it was a Jewish dynasty ruling the Second Bulgaro-Wallachian Empire. Balkan "historians" are really annoying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.119.248.11 (talk) 16:39, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

The Göktürks ('Celestial/Blue/Eastern' Turks) page, gives an etymology of āššɪna as being the Indo-European Khotanese Sakā term for deep blue, that is azure, as in Persian لاژورد lazhward, which was the name of a place known for its deposits of the deep blue stone now called lapis lazuli (stone of lazhward). Rulers (like the Asen) controlled valuable resources, like nephrite jade at Hotan or lapis lazuli in the first Indo-Iranian kingdom, see Balkh also known as Bactria also known as Daxia, e.g. at the lapis lazuli mines of Mount Imeon there. Given the Indo-Iranian nature of the āššɪna name, the first ascribed ruler on earth according to the Iranian record was Keyumars who was also the first man, Gayomart, according to Zoroastrianism, founded by Zoroaster at Balkh; Hinduism describes ten (das) lords, or Prajapati, including Daksha and Marichi (Mari-key, Keyu-mar, Gayomar, Gomer - hence an Aramaic link is also possible, different cultures recalling the same figures in different ways). Asena is also the Turkic blue wolf-mother deity, much like the Roman Lupa nursing her twins or Hyperborean Leto nursing Apollo and Artemis, Leto may be linked with *bledo a proto-Celtic word for wolf. Peace. Gabrieli (talk) 11:20, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

To the single-purpose account
Please, before trying to introduce some highly dubious content to the article and especially if you're trying to change the names of rulers despite the fact that the new names contradict pretty much every scholarly work on the subject, try to consult the talkpage first and explain your actions. Any further behaviour with no discussion or explanations, but consisting of the deliberate onclusion of factual inaccuracies and hoaxes, I'll consider disruptive. Thank you. -- L a v e o l  T 13:54, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

I found no reference whatsover about the fact one old historian mentions clearly about vlach Petrus and his brother Assanius and the both names are used roman cognomena found also in other roman provinces like Hispania or Gallia. But of course, it is easy to deny the roman origin of those brothers and to find other stupid origins. Not to mention the colours of the vlach state: mixed strips of red an yellow, the colours of SPQR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.27.84.253 (talk) 13:51, 5 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Early heraldry used only white, yellow, red and black, so the probability of these two colours being the same by coincidence is much too high. We need sources linking them, not just possibilities. --Thathánka Íyotake (talk) 11:17, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

ASENI, old name of Romanians
Ausoni, aseni and eseni were names of old romanians known as Getae and Dacians(see Carlo Troya, Storia d'Italia del medio-Evo - Napoli - Stamperia reale - 1830) Readder (talk) 11:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC) Also: Otrokocis, Origines hungarice, 1693 in chapter IV Readder (talk) 11:57, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Old Romanians? -- L a v e o l  T 14:29, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Ovidius, in Pontice I,2, 83-84 wrote: "Maxima pars hominum nec te, pulcherinna, curant/ Roma, nec Ausonii militis arma tinent" Readder (talk) 16:41, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Please, provide reliable, scientific secondary sources. Those above are out of date. Check Identifying reliable sources. Thank you. Jingiby (talk) 17:27, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto I,2, 83-84 is according to references given in English from Ovid page in Wikipedia 79.112.23.253 (talk) 17:09, 16 January 2012 (UTC) Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto I,2, 83-84 is according to references given in English from Ovid page in Wikipedia Readder (talk) 17:11, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


 * But what we need is:
 * a reliable source for Dacians by the names of Ausoni(us?), Aseni(us?) and Eseni(us?). Carlo Troya wrote in the 1830s which does not constitute a reliable source by today's scientific standards.
 * a reliable source for the connection between Ovid's Ausonii (a poetic expression for Italians) and the medieval Asen(i?), especially because the sound change from Ausonii to Asen certainly is not a regular Latin - Romanian sound change.


 * Unless reliable sources are provided, I propose to delete that passage. Also, the passage "The etymology could also be an Indo-European one. There was an older attested Latin name Asinarius" seems redundant (since no-one disagrees that all languages in the area were Indo-European) and somewhat irrelevant (the name Asen could not regularly be derived from the Latin Asinarius, although it could possibly be derived from Asinus, which might, however, be unlikely, given the meaning).


 * In any case, the broken English should be repaired. --Thathánka Íyotake (talk) 10:30, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Broken English is largely repaired, unrelated content is largely removed (minus the redundant IE etymology and the Arabic etymology - they should be considered for removal as well). And before anyone starts posting dubious connnections based entirely on phonetic similarities, here's a hint: If you want to claim that the ancient Italian (as in "from the Appenine Peninsula") Ausoni are related to the Asenid dynasty, you have to show a clear link, both through space and time (and meaning), how the ancient Italian Ausoni became the medieval Bulgarian/Vlach Aseni. Otherwise, it's all just a phonetic similarity, which is completely useless from a scholarly point of view. So, until an actual connection is shown, any such content is pure speculation, most probably based on local nationalism, and thus not up to Wikipedia's standarts. NikeBG (talk) 13:52, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

State of Bulgarians and Cumans?
No sources were provided for this claim. Jingiby (talk) 18:16, 2 August 2022 (UTC)