Barbarians Archive
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Constantius and the Visigothic Settlement in Gaul
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsMore significant, perhaps, is the fact that he was elevated to the position of Augustus by Honorius after he had temporarily pacified the region of Gaul. A major part o f Constantius's program ofpacificaiion had been moving the powerful Visigoths into the region. -
Primitive or Ideal? Gender and Ethnocentrism in Roman Accounts of Germany
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsWhen constructing the cultural geography of the world they lived in, the Romans often defined themselves, like the Greeks before them, in contrast to a cultural 'Other' or 'barbarian.' -
Blind Philhellenes vs. Selective Consumers of Foreign Cultures: A Reassessment of the Ancient Greco-Roman Literary Record
Posted on September 26, 2012 | No CommentsAn example of the archaeological record's value in reassessing the inherent prejudices of the ancient literary record can be seen in the instance of the archaic-era Ionian Greek colony of Massalia. -
The Gallic Aristocracy and the Roman Imperial government in the fifth century A.D.
Posted on September 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe recovery, however, proved to be too superficial for the continuing prosperity of either Gaul or the Western Roman Empire. The problems of the imperial government continued with little relief. The government still had to drive out and keep out the barbarians... -
Treason and Related Offenses in the Roman Germanic Law
Posted on September 13, 2012 | No CommentsIntellectual and spiritual treason represent the final depths of public crime in which the individual sets his personal will against the established legal order, representing the collec- tive wisdom of the race. Indeed, in a large philosophic sense treason underlies all crime, for the ultimate effect of crime is the subversion of society and the death of the state. -
Romans and barbarians in Tacitus’ battle narratives
Posted on September 7, 2012 | No CommentsA careful analysis of all of his battle narratives in the Annales, Historiae, and the Agricola reveals that Tacitus is concerned with defining ethnic boundaries, or identities, namely those of the Romans and of the barbarians. -
Hadrian
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Alaric: King of the Visigoths and Tool of the Romans
Posted on August 30, 2012 | No CommentsThrough Alaric we can understand the vulnerable state of the Roman Empire and the disassociation of its separated halves. Alaric exposes the weak structure of the Empire through the years 395 to 410 by his lootings, foedus with Stilicho, and his campaign to invade Italy, the heart of the Western Empire. -
Early Germanic Warfare
Posted on August 18, 2012 | No CommentsWhen the German warrior, whether horseman or foot, went into battle in the first century A.D., his main weapon was a long lance with one end sharpened and hardened by fire, or else fitted with a short narrow iron point, which could be hurled or used for thrusting. -
Barbarian Invaders and Roman Collaborators
Posted on July 13, 2012 | No CommentsBarbarian Invaders and Roman Collaborators Thompson, E.A. Florilegium, Vol. 2 (1980): 71-88 Abstract The first ten years of the fifth century A.D. were the worst decade that Italy had experienced...
