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When we talk about the general public's perception of Romanian history, it often oscillated between extremes, between denigrations and fictional histories. The truth, and this is a fact, is not found in extremes. Rather, he is somewhere in the middle. At least that would be one of the conclusions we can draw from a discussion I had with the historian Mihai-Florin Hasan, a professor at the Orthodox College "Mitropolit Nicolae Colan" in Cluj-Napoca, and one of the most vogue Romanian historians of recent years. Chapters: 0:00 What is the first important manifestation in the European history of the Wallachians 11:17 The genesis of Wallachia, Moldavia and Dobrogea in the medieval European geopolitical context 38:29 How much truth is there in the statement that the Wallachia was a former shield of Western Europe? 45:37 Why were the Romanian lands not transformed into pashales? 50:17 Is it true that our great battles were insignificant border incidents for the great medieval powers? 53:19 Why is Matei Corvin perhaps the most influential and important character in the ancient history of Romanians? 58:11 Why were there no westernization or modernization attempts in the Romanian countries or, if they did exist, were they sporadic? 1:03:50 Who and what were the Romanians, in fact?