Wallachs

The Roumanians are descended from the legions and colonists who were led into Dacia by Trajan and other emperors: they were called Wallachs from Pius of Flaccus (after a German pronunciation), but by us, because they are such good marksmen. '

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

Some writers believe them to have been a branch of the Slaves; others think they were the Daco-Roman colonists of Mœsia, who, joining the Slaves, crossed the Danube with them, and that subsequently the fused races were known as Wallachs, who gradually spread themselves northward to the

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

Lombards, to find that traces of the Latin tongue should be met with amongst the Dacians and Getæ, whom we now call Wallachs, because they are such good marksmen?

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

He instructed him as to the tribes from which he was to select his recruits, namely, from the Bulgarians and from amongst those youths who had become hardened by a pastoral life; who possess no settled habitations, but wander about from place to place; those who, in the vulgar tongue, are called "Wallachs" ( "Blachos"). '

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

The Wallachs made their breakthrough in 1910, when they outfitted, free of charge, the entire Costume and Riflemen's Parade at that year's Oktoberfest, which became an annual advertisement for their merchandise.

Chagall's Fanciful Creatures 2007

The exhibition is an atmospheric reminder of the story of the Wallachs, but it does little to help us understand the significance of that story.

Chagall's Fanciful Creatures 2007

I was grateful to learn about the Wallachs, and I admire the beauty of their craftsmanship; but I was disappointed by the curators 'lack of ambition.

Chagall's Fanciful Creatures 2007

Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the

Dracula 2003

The Wallachs and their sons, Neil, 18, and Robert, 17, were banned from contact with anyone but elders.

The Brethren sent us to Hell 2003

For eight years, the Wallachs were denied all contact with their Brethren relations.

The Brethren sent us to Hell 2003