So what were Barbarians really like Veeky Forums?
So what were Barbarians really like Veeky Forums?
Evan Gray
Wyatt Taylor
I see Barbarians of old as how Commies are seen as today.
Simply the enemies of the main civilisations ideology.
Isaiah Reyes
They come from Harrogath.
Adam Torres
In the sense of the late Roman Empire, they were basically indistinguishable from your average Roman hillbilly and citizen. Many of the Kings wanted to adopt and emulate Rome, and oftentimes the law codes of the "Barbarian" Kingdoms would have certain provisions based on Romans and Barbarians.
youtube.com
This guy (an excellent lecturer in general) gives a great account of it.
Robert Wood
Primitive mudpeople who shit wherever it landed and didn't wipe.
Wyatt Hall
You mean Harrogate, where the G&S Festival is?
Nolan Green
No I mean Harrogath, at the base of Mt. Areat.
Jace Barnes
No no, I think you mean Harrogate where this happens.
Ethan Kelly
Barbarians were people a certain civilisation deemed uncivilised and this barbaric. They are usually tribal people who don't have cities and have at most a large village
Ryder Hughes
depends which ones you're talking about. Germanic people were savage hippies that wanted to live in harmony and connection with nature and valued their freedom and independence alot. They saw living in towns and cities as akin to imprisonment, like an entombing trap. They thought romans didnt live well with the spirits because of their civic life. They were probably very ecologcally/horticulturally minded.
A less romantic view is that they were scary inbred backwoods hillbillies
Jonathan Butler
whatever the greco-roman narrative didn't like
Hunter Price
All of you t.b.h.
t. China.
Josiah Hernandez
>Go there, moi, me? You gotta be kidding.
>~Tacitus
Seriously, though, that lecturer's very interesting, and it's a shame I studied law instead of history.
Oliver Evans
tech laggers
Daniel Ross
And now it's over. Robbed of the life we deserved to live.
Logan Thompson
>They saw living in towns and cities as akin to imprisonment
Isn't it linked to all sorts of health and mental health problems? I guess they were right.
Benjamin Baker
Ryan Green
Yeah, 21st century has been really good for people who have wanted to listen to talks and lectures of different classes without having to pay for tuition. If you were certain some professors had a youtube where they put stuff, you could literally just steal syllabi and "take" their classes by going through their required reading and listening to those lectures on your own time.
Also another favorite of mine is Ted Sherman, though he's more Veeky Forums oriented
Kevin Edwards
They wuz nomadic an sheet
Herd goats and horses
And fucked a lot of women
Ethan Brown
Steppe nomad life seems the comfiest and freest ever.
Brayden Thompson
>getting colonized
Joshua Brooks
A vast group of peoples described by primitive civilizations who weren't capabale of learning their language.