8 sentences with 'barbarian'
Example sentences and phrases with the word barbarian and other words derived from it.
• « Supposedly, the word barbarian comes from the Greeks mocking the sound of the non-Greek languages: "bar-bar-bar-bar-bar-bar". »
• « Because the Greeks saw the Persian War conflict in terms of the triumph of true Greek civilisation over barbarian tyranny, and the surviving historical sources are told exclusively from the Greek perspective, this bias has managed to endure to the present day. »
• « However, trouble was afoot on Rome's borders, as barbarian groups became more populous and better organised, and as the meritocratic system of the "Five Good Emperors" gave way to infighting, assassination and civil war. »
• « The Romans believed that barbarian peoples such as the Germanic peoples were inferior to subject peoples such as the Celts, who could at least become useful subjects (and, later, citizens) of the Empire. »
• « Some Romans clearly admired things about certain barbarian groups as well - the great Roman historian Tacitus, in his Germania, even praised the Germans for their vigour and honour, though he did so to contrast the Germans with what he considered his own corrupt and immoral Roman society. »
• « The Roman Empire after its political division between east and west under Diocletian. From the 3rd to the 5th centuries AD, the eastern part of the empire became the real locus of power and wealth, and from the end of the 5th century, the entire western half "fell" to barbarian invasions. »
• « The main reason for this deliberate conversion of these peoples to Christianity revolved around the desire of the barbarian kings to simply stop being barbarians. Most kings recognised that Christianity was a prerequisite for entering into trade and diplomatic relations with Byzantium and the Christian kingdoms of the West. »
• « Between 101 and 106 the Emperor Trajan launched his legions into the territory then called Dacia, which today corresponds to Romania. It was a frontier province and therefore a post against barbarian invasions. »