• @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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    81 year ago

    Wasn’t barbarian just Roman slang for non Romans?

    • @Buffalox
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      41 year ago

      Yes, but more specifically the non romans from the north.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 year ago

      I think Barbarian comes from much later when the Barbary Pirates were kidnapping people and razing villages and towns to the ground and forcing people into slavery. I think “Goths” and “Vandals” would be more appropriate, but I could be wildly mistaken