Archaeologists have unearthed the grave of a “barbarian” who died on the frontier of the Roman Empire in the fourth century ...

In antiquity, the term "barbarian" referred to non-Roman peoples, often from tribes or cultures outside the territory Rome controlled, such as Germanic, Celtic and Hunnic groups. Compounds with ...

Goths and other Germanic tribes began attacking Roman borders. To help repel these attacks, Rome began forming complex alliances and counter-alliances with the barbarians. More and more ...

Some tribes even pledged allegiance to Rome; German mercenaries served with Roman ... on to help their armies penetrate the lands of the barbarians. For his valor on the field of battle, he ...

Northern Brittania was facing incursions by the Picts from north east Scotland, while from across the North Sea came the Germanic tribes - the Angles, Saxons and the Jutes. These events set off a ...