Roman Barbarians

the Fall of the Roman Empire there was a fight for power between several barbarian tribes like the

Rome’s misjudgement was being lenient and showing mercy to barbarians. Once Valens was appointed emperor of eastern Rome, Roman generals were greeting and allowing barbarians(Vandals, Goths, Hans) to enter Rome without any restrictions. “Since there was a refugee crisis of 200,000 barbarians(Goths specifically) for Valens, Valens allowed them to enter Rome since he’s always looking for more troops”. To make matters worse, the barbarians didn’t see themselves as refugees, but instead felt as if they were entitled to as much as Roman Citizens. To add insult to injury, the Roman soldiers felt that this wasn’t right and mistreated the

What kind of technology in the Roman Empire affect its growth the most? I will be investigating from the start of the Roman Empire in 753 BCE to when the Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE. This investigation will have a broad scope while investigating and include things from the Roman Legion to aqueducts and concrete. This investigation will not include technology that was not widely used to better the Roman Empire. The research question will answer my question by conducting research on how different groups of technology made the Roman Empire better based off of their potential uses and different contributions to Roman society.

Romans were brutal towards people they did not like and tortured or destroyed them. No I don’t agree that Rome spared the people they conquered. When Rome conquered Carthage at the end of the Punic War they completely destroyed it. Rome decided to launch a forceful attack in 146 BC that destroyed people’s houses and killed many people. After seven days of violence the Carthaginians finally surrendered. The surviving 50,000 citizens of Carthage were sold into slavery. Most slaves were not treated well and were abused and were not taken care of. They were normally overworked, given little food, no extra cloths and no freedom. Slaves had to obey their masters and the masters normally did not care about their slaves and the conditions they were

Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire’s borders. The Romans weathered a Germanic uprising in the late fourth century, but in 410 the Visigoth King Alaric successfully sacked the city of Rome. The Empire spent the next several decades under constant threat before “the Eternal City” was raided again in 455, this time by the Vandals. Finally, in 476, the Germanic leader Odoacer staged a revolt and deposed the Emperor Romulus Augustulus. From then on, no Roman emperor would ever again

The Goths, being well known throughout the country and to other barbarians, came from Scandinavia and around the Baltic. Splitting into two parts, the Visigoths, the Western Goths, and the Ostrogoths, the Eastern Goths, they became two of the most known Germanic Tribes to this day due to their large impact on the Roman Empire. The Ostrogoths were led by Theodoric towards Italy after removing themselves from Hun control. Theodoric ruled from 493 until 526, during such time he had conquered northern Italy and the Visigoths had made it their home (Willis). Theodoric was ruthless to everything and one he came across, using his sword he would slice people in two. Although he did such terror, his people saw him as an effigy.

Well, to start with, you could ask better leaders to rule the empire. You can also ask the country you trade with if those items and goods have diseases. Why not give some emperors a chance since they weren't in power long enough. Or you could not let the barbarians in, not influence other tribes to come on. Or you could get some armies to defend from the east side so you could defend Rome easily. so many things you could improve on. like meeting people's needs or try to get more babies in Rome (you can do it!). more children, higher population. Have the generals not fight for the throne. Try to get the emperors to stop the constant warfare in Rome. Try to get more farmland so people won't starve to death. Anything to prevent Rome's

After decades of confrontation between Romans and Germanic tribes, who were more commonly known as barbarians, alliances began to form between the two groups. When the barbarians allied themselves with the Roman Empire, they were not considered Roman colonies or citizens, but instead known as ‘foederati’. They received the benefit of the Roman Empire’s support, sometimes with land, food, or money, in exchange for the barbarian’s military service in the Roman armies. One of the most well-known barbarian foederati groups were the Goths, however, their position as allies of the Empire was never permanent, nor were the relations ever completely peaceful. Despite the usually temporary nature of these alliances, both the Goths and the Romans benefited for several reasons. When the Goths were part of the Foederati they stopped hostilities between themselves and the Empire, gained mutual security from the threat posed by Hunnic aggression, and their people benefited from the introduction of Romanic society.

St. Jerome gave an eyewitness account of the state of the empire around 406 A.D.; he related how Mayence, Worms, Rheims, Amiens, Arras, Speyer, and Strasburg, all cities in Germany, had all been pillaged and their peoples slaughtered by the tribes of Germany, all while Rome did little to nothing to stop it (“The Fall of Rome.”) One of the most destructive and problematic Germanic tribes was the Visigoths, who were led during this time by a brilliant man named Alaric. Although popular opinion is that King Alaric was driven by a desire for conquest, all Alaric really longed was land on which his people could settle and an accepted place within the empire, which the authorities in Ravenna [new capital of the Roman Empire] would not give him (Cavendish, Richard.) Alaric did not desire to be the leader of a massive land empire as many others in his position were. However, Alaric did have to keep his army and troops rewarded for their efforts, so he besieged Rome until the Romans paid him to end his blockade (Cavendish, Richard.) This tactic failed the Romans on Alaric’s third and finally successful attack on Rome. His final attack is deemed by many to be a calling card of

Alessandro Barbero wrote The Day of the Barbarians with the goal of informing the reader of the eventual fall of the Roman empire. According to Barbero, the entire fall of Rome centered around one battle which occurred at Adrianople. The book gives the small details of which lead to the battle, but also how the battle effected the Romans. As Barbero states in the his writings, the Goths, today’s Germans, feared the Huns who they believed would attack and overcome them. At the same time, the Roman military as decreasing because the citizens were no longer volunteering themselves to serve. The emperor at the time, Valens, did not want to force citizens into the army because it would cause damage to agriculture production and reduce revenue generated

The new monarchies began to come and try to settle in the European soils because some force forced them to do this, and on the other hand, some of the new monarchies came to gain money by looting and killing. In addition to this, the conditions in Europe was very suitable for them because the Roman Empire had conflicts in and out, a feeling of losing power in the borders, and lack of a good government. Also, the situation in Europe was also because the Roman Empire experienced its decline just before 500 AD due to hardship with “economic stagnation, and the decay of urban culture.” Therefore, the new monarchies came and settle, and the main characteristics of the barbarians were to capture land and property, money by looting and stealing,

Before we get into how barbarians shaped the various political and economic structures of already civilized nations let’s define what a “barbarian” is. Barbarian comes from the Greek word “barbaros” which simply means “someone who does not speak Greek” (pg. 220). By this definition, I myself would be considered a barbarian but, clearly, I do not exhibit the savage and primitive connotations associate with the word as we see it now. So please, take that into account as we explore how these new peoples changed the lands they inhabited.

During the time of the Roman Empire, there were Germanic Tribes that lived in the unoccupied area of Europe. The Germanic people were experiencing an expansion of population and military. Before the invasions into the empire the Germanic were faced with three solutions to their growth. The first being conquest of territories, second was agriculture in order to feed, and the third is to clear the forest for more pastures. The Western Germanic People even though closer to Rome’s borders chose the option of agriculture. While the Eastern Germanic (also known as Visigoths) chose to conquer new territories and soon became the biggest threat of Rome. Later in the 4th century the Germanic Tribes began to face another problem with the arrival of the

However, this course broaden my perspective of what was truly barbarian, what was perceived as barbarian and what fell in between. When one looks at what truly happened to Rome from approximately 200 AD there is nothing in common from my past studies. By no means or all of Europe’s barbarians were

Evidently, Barbarian invasions were the most significant factor in the downfall of the Western Roman Empire predominantly because they weakened the empire and thus made it vulnerable to other problems such as a poor economic situation and political weaknesses within the empire. Barbarian invasions occurred frequently throughout the timeline yet one of the most significant invasions was the sack of Rome in 410 AD by Alaric and the Visigoths because this was the first time Rome was defeated in 800 years therefore signalling the beginning of the end of the Western Roman Empire. The Visigoths has crossed the Rhine river and were looking for land to settle and to be accepted within the empire and so Alaric decided to besiege Rome until the senate paid him to leave. This resulted in Rome being sieged a total of 3 times before the gates to Rome were opened from within and Rome was finally sacked. This was a massive shock to the empire as it accentuated its’ weaknesses and the Visigoths looted places of aristocracy and killed Romans who resisted and women were raped. This also drastically worsened the economic situation as during the months in which Rome was under siege, people began to die of hunger with some even resorting to cannibalism. This event is mimicked 45 years later in 455 AD by the Vandals, led by Genseric. The Vandals had already been causing trouble for the Roman Empire after they sacked North Africa and captured Carthage in 439 AD which cut off the grain supply and