Aromânii şi relocarea identităţii în secolul al XX-lea
Aromanians and the Relocation of Identity in the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: The Aromans are the historical proof of a millenary Latin continuity within the Balkan Peninsula in spite of Slavonian, Greek and Albanian strong influences and some political, social, cultural hindrances they were subjected to, by the governments of the Balkan states they used to live in. The name itself of Aromanian confirms the Latin origin of this Balkan population [1]. The name of Vlachs, as they are also known, makes them become closer to Dacoromanians, the latter being also called Wallachians. Concerning this aspect, the Romanian state went through cultural and political involvement at the South of the Danube, starting with the second half of the 19th century. This way, it was possible to see to the opening of 113 schools and high schools that functioned in the Balkan states facilitating thus the contact with Romanian literature and implicitly with cultural Romanian values. [2]. Starting with the second half of the 19th century, the history and existence of South-Danube Romanians turned into a research subject, a controversial one between ethnographers, historians and linguists. They will travel in this European area, bringing us some particular narrations. The life of South Danube Romanians, under all its aspects, remained at the center of Occidental historiography and also at the center of Romanian historiography.

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