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The Ancient Greek name βάρβαρος (bárbaros) 'barbarian' was an antonym for πολίτης (politēs) 'citizen', from πόλις 'city'.The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀞𐀫, pa-pa-ro, written in Linear B syllabic script.
The rise of the barbarian kingdoms in the territory previously governed by the Western Roman Empire was a gradual, complex, and largely unintentional process. [11] Their origin can ultimately be traced to the migrations of large numbers of barbarian (i.e. non-Roman) peoples into the territory of the Roman Empire.
Historically, the period of the barbarian kingdoms spans the years from 409 to c.800. It begins in 409 with several barbarian kingdoms being established on the Iberian Peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Suebi, the Alani Kingdom, and territories of Hasdingi and the Vandals. It ends with the formation of the Carolingian Empire in Western Europe.
Thracians were regarded by ancient Greeks and Romans as warlike, ferocious, bloodthirsty, and barbarian. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Plato in his Republic groups them with the Scythians , [ 39 ] calling them extravagant and high spirited; and in his Laws portrays them as a warlike nation, grouping them with Celts , Persians , Scythians , Iberians and ...
The later historian Zosimus, writing about 500 AD about this period, reported the involvement of the Saxons, "who exceed all the barbarians in those regions, in courage, strength and hardiness". They sent out, according to Zosimus, the " Quadi ", a part of the Saxons, against the Roman lands but they were blocked by the Franks who resided near ...
Today, the term "Germanic ... a barbarian commander in the Roman Italian army, ... The pagan Temple at Uppsala seems to have continued to exist into the early 1100s ...
A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs by Laureys a Castro, c. 1681 Barbaria by Jan Janssonius, shows the coast of North Africa, an area known in the 17th century as Barbaria, c. 1650 An Algerine pirate ship A man from the Barbary states A Barbary pirate, Pier Francesco Mola, 1650
The Byzantines regarded most neighbouring people as barbarians. [1] The Bureau of Barbarians was a department of government dealing with matters relating to these "barbarians". [ 2 ] In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, the term was applied to Huns , [ 3 ] Goths , [ 4 ] Pechenegs , [ 4 ] Avars , Slavs , [ 5 ] Bulgars , [ 5 ] and others.