Europe's Barbarians AD 200-600
''Barbarians'' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire - the peoples they considered ''uncivilised''. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only archaeology allows us to see beyond Roman prejudices - and yet these records are often as difficult to interpret as his...
''Barbarians'' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire - the peoples they considered ''uncivilised''. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only archaeology allows us to see beyond Roman prejudices - and yet these records are often as difficult to interpret as his...
