Differences Between Romans And Germanic Tribes

Much of the Roman frontier followed the natural boundaries of the Rhine and Danube rivers across Europe. On the other side of these rivers were territories the Romans never brought under their control and tribal peoples such as the Goths, Franks, Vandals, and Huns. By the middle of the fourth century CE, many Roman governors had allowed these so-called “barbarians” to settle on the Roman side of the rivers, and Roman generals had even recruited many of the men as soldiers in their armies. However, the barbarians never assimilated fully into Roman culture. By the end of the century they started to wage a series of ferocious campaigns

The Roman empire suffered many problems throughout its rise and several centuries of subsequent power. To begin with, they dealt with many outside invasions, including the Burgundians, Franks, Alemanni, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Visigoths, and Anglo-Saxon peoples. The invaders considered most barbaric were the Huns, which the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus describes as people who “surpass all other barbarians in the wilderness of life.” He further describes “they are so little advanced

The Vandals had a battle with the Roman Empire, when the Roman Empire broke the Vandals treaty. In "455 AD the Vandals sacked Rome and plundered the city for two weeks" (Ducksters, n.d.). The Huns were warrior people from the east, the Huns defeated the Ostrogoths and invaded the Eastern Roman Empire (Ducksters, n.d.). The Franks were Germanic tribes that settled in today France, they invaded the Roman Empire in 300 AD. The Franks became powerful after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

These Germanic soldiers were not loyal to Rome and were therefore not as motivated to keep Rome afloat. Because of the undersized, lethargic Roman military and its aggressive opposition, Rome was very much open to foreign invasions.

1.The word “barbarian” that we use today was a way of categorizing humans back in the Roman Empire ages.

In the picture on Document C * it shows How accessible the Roman empire borders were. This helps explain how Rome was an easy target and that it’s foreign population increased and became hard to control and keep them out. In Document B, * “So our soldiers fought the Goths without any protection for chest and head and were often beaten by archers”. When the Romans gave up their armor, it made it easy for the invaders to wipe them out. In Document E, * “[He]… considered his new life… better than his old life among the Romans, and the reasons he gave were as follows: … The conditions of [Roman] subjects in time of peace [is worse than war]”. So this shows that the Romans did not want to be Roman and that they would rather be captured then live under the Roman

Barbarians was a nickname given by the Romans to the various Germanic tribes, the settled Gauls, and the raiding Huns because of their ferocious way of invading other tribes and empires. Barbarians is a word given to a human who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. The barbarians during this ancient time frame, were able to conquer and defeat many empires for many years because of their very strong and inhumane use of brute force to get the job done and strike fear in peoples minds.

More than 2000 years ago, the invasions and influences of Greece, Rome and Prussia have a great effect on each another. Southern Italy was home to

As Rome’s army started to get lazy and didn’t wear armor they fought the Goths. Rome’s army did not have any armor on so they

Based on what I’ve read I don’t believe that there is an honest yes or no answer to the question, “Can these nomads be called barbarians?” According to Salvian, a Christian priest, he says, “.. almost all barbarians, at least those who are of one race and kin, love each other, while the Romans persecute each other.” However, many of these reads go into detail about the nomadic people never sparing the people of which they conquered or went to war with, and killing them all off one by one. As for the change over time; there was one. After the fall of Rome when the nomadic people took over around 476 CE they kept the same Roman customs, but began introducing nomadic ways of life that, over time, turned out to not be barbaric at all. Over the course of many years you will see the Romans perspective of the nomads and their culture began to change over the course of many years, and after the Fall of Rome.

The Germanic tribe, the Vandals, were known for behaving like “barbarians”. Supposedly they migrated south to the point where they made contact with the Roman Empire. The Vandals attacked Rome although Rome had bigger problems to handle. They later established a kingdom in North Africa.

Imperial Rome, during the first century A.D. was expanding it's boundaries by adding new territories. They expanded into northern Europe and Britain and conquered or attempted to conquer various types of people. Based on my reading of Tacitus' The Agricola and The Germania, I have knowledge of the life and customs of the Britons, subject of the Agricola, and the Germans, subject of the Germania. This of course being the Romans, and more specifically Tacitus,' observation and view of these groups of people.

To begin with, the historical events that occurred within the movies were historically unrealistic and inaccurate. The movie begins the scene with the Roman army waging war against the Germanic tribes. There are several flaws of when comparing the battle to historical records. The first issue is the depiction of the Germanic people in the battle. They are presented with the extreme prejudice that they utterly barbaric. The attire of the Germanic tribes were composed of multitude of brown rags all patched up together. The Germanic tribes are not Neathandrals from the Neolithic period living in rags. They are a much more sophisticated group of people. This can also be supported by the geographical evidence of the Germanic tribes. They are located at the Northern section of Europe where the climate of the region is

From the east, the Sassanid Persians made in-roads into Roman territory and began attacking Rome’s borders from their lands farther into Asia (Spielvogel 186). The Sassanids were Mesopotamian Persians, and were always an enemy and threat to Rome since their first appearance as a prominent power in the third century C.E. (Sassanid). Beginning around 230, the Goths, a Germanic tribe, also began raiding the northern border provinces of Rome (Nardo-2004 24). It was this group that would turn out to be one of Rome’s greatest problems from the barbarian tribes.

When most people hear the word “Barbarian” they often think about the negative things that barbarians have done instead of the positive things that barbarians have done. It is stated in the section titled “Were the Barbarians a Negative or Positive Factor,”