Barbarians Archive
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Beer, Barbarism, and the Church from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsAt the height of the Roman Empire, Roman citizens undoubtedly favored wine. As the Empire expanded into surrounding areas, increased exposure to beer even further solidified Romans -
Peregrini, Barbari, and Cives Romani: Concepts of Citizenship and the Legal Identity of Barbarians in the Later Roman Empire
Posted on February 29, 2012 | No CommentsIt may be, in fact, that the closest the world ever came to implementing a form of world citizenship was during the later Roman Empire. Beginning in the early third century, the Roman government worked to maximize the number of persons to whom Roman ius civile, the law of Roman citizens, applied. -
Romans and Goths in late antique Gaul: asepcts of political and cultural assimilation in the Fifth Century AD
Posted on January 5, 2012 | No CommentsFrom the fifth century AD onwards, the history of the Roman empire is often associated with the so-called -
Relations between the Late Roman World and Barbarian Europe in the Light of Coin Finds
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsAnd so, during a period of well developed exchange between the Roman Empire and the Barbaricum, coinciding with the Golden Age and the House of Antonine, Roman coins started to flow more intensively in the reign of the last two Antonine emperors. -
Fluid Frontiers: Cultural Interaction on the Edge of Empire
Posted on December 18, 2011 | No CommentsThis paper will use the northern frontiers of the Roman empire as a case study in the relationships between practice, identity and power in a colonial context. -
Private Armies and Personal Power in the Late Roman Empire
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsThis study argues that the later Roman empire was significantly influenced by internal divisions and private power, which were just as important as foreign, -
To Survive, Decentralize! The Barbarian Threat and State Decentralization
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsWhat happens when states or empires face multiple and geographically dispersed assaults along their frontiers from non-state, tribal actors? -
Visigoths and Romans: Integration and Ethnicity
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe year was 414 and Galla Placidia, Roman princess and half-sister of Honorius, emperor of the Western Empire, sat next to Athaulf, barbarian king of the Visigoths -
Teutoberger Wald, 9 A.D. – Strategic Implications
Posted on October 31, 2011 | No CommentsThe Battle of Teutoberger Wald (9 A.D.) in which tribal Germans defeated a highly professional and disciplined Roman Army is not only one of the most decisive battles of the western world, but a historical example of successful asymmetrical warfare -
Roman Gold and Hun Kings: the use and hoarding of solidi in the late fourth and fifth centuries
Posted on September 18, 2011 | No CommentsRoman Gold and Hun Kings: the use and hoarding of solidi in the late fourth and fifth centuries By Peter Guest Roman Coins Outside the Empire: Ways and Phases, Contexts...
