![]() ![]() Take a ten question quiz about this page.Barbarian men often served as soldiers in the Roman army.Rome absorbed many aspects of the different barbarian cultures that they conquered.Many barbarians became part of the Roman Empire.They would use one barbarian tribe to help them fight another. The Romans often allied with various barbarian tribes.The Romans often talked bad about the Greeks and looked down on them, but they did not consider them barbarians.The word "barbarian" comes from the Greek word "barbaros.".Interesting Facts About Ancient Roman Barbarians Others - There were many other peoples that the Romans referred to as barbarians including the Celts, Thracians, Parthians, Picts, Lombards, and the Burgundians.They took over many Roman settlements in Great Britain as the Emperor was too weak to send the Romans in Great Britain aide. Saxons - As Rome began to weaken, the Saxons moved from Western Europe and began to invade Great Britain.The Franks truly became powerful after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and would eventually become one of the leading empires in Western Europe. They began invading the borders of the Roman Empire around 300 AD. Franks - The Franks were a number of Germanic tribes that settled in the region that is today the country of France (France gets its name from the Franks).They plundered much of Italy, but did not take the city of Rome. They then moved to conquer much of Roman Gaul (France). Under the leadership of their leader Attila, the Huns defeated the Ostrogoths and invaded the Eastern Roman Empire. Huns - The Huns were a nomadic warrior people who came from the east.Under the Vandal King Genseric, the Vandals sacked Rome in 455 AD and plundered the city for two weeks. They established a peace treaty with Rome in 442 AD, but attacked Rome in 455 when the treaty was broken. Vandals - The Vandals migrated from Northern Europe to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) and eventually to North Africa where they established a powerful kingdom.Under their leader Alaric I, the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410. The Visigoths took over much of Western Europe and battled Rome constantly in the late 300's. The Goths were divided into two major branches: the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths. Goths - One of the most powerful and organized groups of barbarians were the Goths.Many of the groups that attacked and invaded the Roman Empire were Germanic tribes from Northern Europe. The term "barbarian" was used to describe a wide variety of different peoples that had little to do with each other. The barbarians weren't just one people group. They did not have the same level of government, education, or engineering as the Romans. They dressed differently, ate different foods, and had different religions. The barbarians had different cultures than the Romans. ![]() The Romans referred to people groups outside the Roman Empire as barbarians. In other cases, they fought wars and, eventually, sacked the city of Rome bringing about the end of the Western Roman Empire. ![]() In some cases, barbarians became part of the Roman Empire. The Romans fought the barbarians at the borders of the Roman Empire for many years. ![]()
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