Anyone agree that imposement of modern race/cultures/etc with past ones is a dangerous distortion of history?

Your thoughts on how cultures and people change over the centuries is interesting. Ancient European culture was pretty well scrambled by the Germanic invasions of the late Roman era, and every country you mention, France, Italy, and England in particular, were drastically changed by the cultural influence of the German invaders. Ancient cultural traits can be recognized in every one of these countries, but each is a conglomeration of mixed cultures in today’s world. But it is not valid to put too much emphasis on past glory or failures. We are today what we make of ourselves.