A Comparison Of Republican Roman and Han Chinese Barbarian Relations
This thesis compares how these two empires conquered and assimilated these barbarian groups, namely the Roman conquest of Gaul and the Chinese conquest of the Xiongnu, a nomadic people that inhabited modern day Mongolia.
Peregrini, Barbari, and Cives Romani: Concepts of Citizenship and the Legal Identity of Barbarians in the Later Roman Empire
The extension of Roman citizenship to noncitizens was an unqualified success. As the Greek orator Aristides proclaimed in the mid-second century, ‘Neither sea nor intervening continent are bars to citizenship. No one worthy of rule or trust remains an alien, but a civil community of the World has been established as a FreeRepublic.’
Treatment of Captives in Ancient Greek Warfare – A Vicious Circle
This essay argues that the treatment of captives constituted a vicious cycle in which the defenders of city would resolutely resist the siege for fear of massacre, mass rape, and enslavement; this stalwart defense, in turn, would contribute to cruel treatment of captives when and if the city fell.
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Terry Jones’ Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006.
Constantius and the Visigothic Settlement in Gaul
More 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
When 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
An 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.
The 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
Intellectual 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
A 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.