Section: 3B1 - The Barbarians.
Number of quotes: 37
Ancient Rome by Robert Payne
Robert Payne
Book ID: 16 Page: 255
Section: 3B1
In a strict sense the Germain tribes were not really barbarians. They had their own cultures, their own traditions in the arts, in commerce, and in warfare, and many of them were even Christians.
Quote ID: 323
Time Periods: 45
Ancient Rome by Robert Payne
Robert Payne
Book ID: 16 Page: 255
Section: 3B1
They the Goths spoke a pure and primitive Teutonic, and the majority of them embraced Arian Christianity with the passion of converts.
Quote ID: 324
Time Periods: 34
Barbarians Speak, The
Peter S. Wells
Book ID: 198 Page: 192
Section: 3B1
In order to understand the nature of the changes among the peoples of temperate Europe during the early Roman Period, we need to consider two different and opposing processes that were operating at the same time. One was a strong trend toward uniformity in outlook, architecture, material culture, and lifestyle.
Quote ID: 4484
Time Periods: 1
Barbarians Speak, The
Peter S. Wells
Book ID: 198 Page: 192
Section: 3B1,4B
But it is important to bear in mind that this apparent homogeneity of material expression, lifestyle, and to some extent worldview was restricted to the elites in the different provinces. As indigenous elites acquired status in the imperial aristocracy, they may have come to identify themselves first as members of the Roman nobility, and second as members of their local societies. The transmission of Roman ideology – a particular vision of the world and of how societies should operate – was a powerful force in bringing about change in Europe and throughout the empire.
Quote ID: 4485
Time Periods: 45
Barbarians within the Gates of Rome
Thomas S. Burns
Book ID: 37 Page: xviii
Section: 3B1
One of the most enduring of all ancient stereotypes was that of the barbarian. Already honed to precision in Greek literature, the technique of using the “barbarians” as foils to the civilized Romans had a long history that bridged the transition to the Christian Roman world of late antiquity. The intellectual abstraction “barbarian” influenced every literary source cited in this study whether pagan or Christian.
Quote ID: 743
Time Periods: 45
Caesars & Saints: The Rise of the Christian State, A.D. 180-313
Stewart Perowne
Book ID: 44 Page: 141
Section: 3B1
The Goths def. Gallus and took many captives, many of them Christians. “Knowing that these were persecuted by the Romans, the Goths treated them well, thus paving the way for their own conversion.”
Quote ID: 1015
Time Periods: 3
Celtic Sacred Landscapes
Nigel Pennick
Book ID: 51 Page: 8
Section: 3B1
In the first century BCE, when the Celts in Cisalpine Gaul were conquered by Rome, Celtic families produced many outstanding men of letters, inter alia, Cato, Catullus, Varro and Virgil.
Quote ID: 1130
Time Periods: 1
Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire, The
Michael Grant
Book ID: 206 Page: 10
Section: 3B1
Decius’s death at Abrittus, at the hand of the Goths, was a unique feature, as this was the one and only occasion when a Roman emperor was slain by an enemy.Pastor John notes: What about Emperor Valerianus (pp.12-13)
Quote ID: 5013
Time Periods: 3
Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire, The
Michael Grant
Book ID: 206 Page: 17
Section: 3B1
By 260 the Goths had split into two groups: the Ostrogoths (East Goths) and the Visigoths (West Goths). the Goths were Germanic
Quote ID: 5014
Time Periods: 3
Early Christian Church, The
J.G. Davies
Book ID: 214 Page: 172
Section: 3B1
Some of the barbarians however were already converted before their entry into the empire.
Quote ID: 5322
Time Periods: 4
From Roman To Merovingian Gaul
Alexander Callander Murray
Book ID: 93 Page: 24
Section: 3B1
Later he made his brother Valens joint emperor a. 364-378, and subsequently killed the usurper Procopius and many of the latter’s followers....Valens was baptized and converted by the bishop Eudoxius, a supporter of Arian views, and thus he fell into most terrible heresy...
Quote ID: 2379
Time Periods: 4
From Roman To Merovingian Gaul
Alexander Callander Murray
Book ID: 93 Page: 25
Section: 3B1
Nevertheless, through the providence of God they the Burgundians have all recently become Christians, embracing the Catholic faith and acknowledging obedience to our clergy, so that they live mild, gentle, and upright lives, regarding the Gauls not as their subjects but in truth as their Christian brethren....
Quote ID: 2380
Time Periods: 34
From Roman To Merovingian Gaul
Alexander Callander Murray
Book ID: 93 Page: 27
Section: 3B1
In fatal perverseness the emperor Valens sent teachers of the Arian doctrine, and the Goths continued to believe what they first learned concerning the basic principles of faith. Therefore, by the just judgement of God Himself, Valens was burned alive by the very men who, through his action, will burn hereafter for their heresy.
Quote ID: 2381
Time Periods: 4
Prokopios: The Secret History: With Related Texts
Edited and translated by Anthony Kaldellis
Book ID: 334 Page: 36
Section: 3B1
{6}For once these barbarians had tasted the wealth of the Romans, they could no longer stay off the road that led here.{25}
Quote ID: 7830
Time Periods: 4
Theodosius: The Empire at Bay
Stephen Williams, Gerard Friell
Book ID: 282 Page: 13
Section: 3B1
The Tervingian Goths (later known as Visigoths),{1} under their chieftains Alavivus{2} and Fritigern,{3} were encamped en masse on the northern bank of the Danube, opposite the Roman diocese of Thrace (Bulgaria and European Turkey, map II), and respectfully begged the emperor to grant them lands to settle within the empire, on the customary conditions of submission to Roman rule and the supply of fighting men for the imperial armies.{4} They explained that they had been driven from their homelands, after very fierce fighting, by new and savage invaders, the Huns.
Quote ID: 7045
Time Periods: 4
Theodosius: The Empire at Bay
Stephen Williams, Gerard Friell
Book ID: 282 Page: 15
Section: 3C,3B1
As an earnest of the treaty{42} the two chieftains agreed to give a large number of hostages to the empire, and they were questioned on their adherence to the religion of the emperor, which was Arian Christianity.{43}Pastor John’s note - Valens Eastern 370’s
Quote ID: 7048
Time Periods: 4
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 8
Section: 3B1
. . . it might come as some surprise to discover that no Classical writer referred to the ancient British or Irish as Celts. For, 2,000 years ago, the term ‘Celt’ strictly referred to people living in continental Europe.
Quote ID: 7002
Time Periods: ?
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 21
Section: 3B1
Reaching the Greek world via Massalia, stories about these ‘barbarian’ chiefdoms (where Celtic was probably spoken) were in all likelihood one of the earliest sources for tales of the people called Keltoi.
Quote ID: 7005
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 23
Section: 3B1
Caption from Picture The grave was dominated by an enormous bronze krater, the largest ever found. Decorated with gorgons, Greek warriors and chariots, and surmounted by a lid with a statuette of a woman, it stands 5 ft 4 in (1.64 m) high. Made in Sparta or in Greek southern Italy, there are signs that the vessel travelled north in pieces, and was reassembled . . .
Quote ID: 7006
Time Periods: ?
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 33
Section: 3B1
In the third century BC, the Celtic world had reached its greatest territorial extent, and was a the height of its power.The Celtic world was not an empire, but a mosaic of tribes, a rich and diverse pattern of chiefdoms and kingdoms.
Quote ID: 7009
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 34
Section: 3B1
Soon after 400 BC, waves of Celtic-speakers came through the Alpine passes from the north and invaded northern Italy. They seized the vast Po Valley and raided deep into the peninsula. Henceforth the Po plain and adjacent areas under Celtic rule were known as Gallia Cisalpina, ‘Gaul this side of the Alps’.
Quote ID: 7010
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 35
Section: 3B1
The new tribal map is known in outline from Roman sources. Mediolanum, now Milan, was the capital of the Insubres, although virtually nothing is known of it at this period. Map pic included
Quote ID: 7011
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 37
Section: 3B1
Celtic attacks on Macedonia were contained until 281 BC when Galatians under the leader Bolgios defeated and beheaded King Ptolemy Ceranunus; the way south was opened. In 279 BC Celtic forces invaded Macedonia. Eventually, internal quarrels led to a split in the invading army, with 20,000 men led by Leotarios and Leonnorios heading off on their own, ultimately to settle in Turkey and establish a Galatian state (pp. 40-41).
Quote ID: 7012
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 39
Section: 3B1
The attack on Delphi, and the diversion of many of the Galatae to Asia (pp. 40-41), marked the high tide of Celtic expansion in Europe.
Quote ID: 7013
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 40
Section: 3B1
The archaeology of the Galatians has yet to be discovered: to date the only pieces of La Tene metalwork known from Turkey are three brooches!
Quote ID: 7014
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 40
Section: 3B1
King Antiochus II was unable to dislodge them, and indeed was killed by a Celt in 261. Their depredations were gradually curbed by their neighbours, notably by Attalus of Pergamon, who defeated them around 240 BC.The Galatians, while numerous, ruled a substantial pre-existing population, although they seem to have kept themselves aloof, preserving their culture and identity for generations. However, Greek names later appear among them, and there are other indications of a trend towards assimilation with their Hellenized neighbours by the last century BC.
Quote ID: 7015
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 41
Section: 3B1
Each tribe was divided into four ‘septs’ or clans, probably with distinct territories.
Quote ID: 7016
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 41
Section: 3B1
The role of Galatia in third- and second- century BC Asia Minor was frankly destructive.The Galatians inspired widespread terror, especially since they had a reputation for sacrificing prisoners: people committed suicide rather than fall into their hands.
Quote ID: 7017
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 41
Section: 3B1
The best recorded instance of Galatian human sacrifice occurred in 165 BC, when prisoners not about to be ransomed were offered to the gods. Virtually nothing is otherwise known of Galatian religion, beyond the existence of the central shrine, Drunemeton (‘oak sanctuary’). Despite this indication of veneration for the oak, there is no evidence that Druids existed among the Galatians.
Quote ID: 7018
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 43
Section: 3B1
Diodorus records that the Celtiberians were very hospitable to strangers;
Quote ID: 7019
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 44
Section: 3B1
‘Gaul is inhabited by many tribes of different size; for the largest number some 200,000 men, and the smallest 50,000, one of the latter the Aedui standing on terms of kinship and friendship with the Romans, a relationship which has endured from ancient times down to our own day.’ Diodorus Siculus {5, 25, 1}By the time the Romans arrived in the Rhone Valley late in the second century BC, it was clear to them that all of what is now France, the Rhineland and the Alpine region was occupied by similar, largely Celtic-speaking peoples.
Quote ID: 7020
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 46
Section: 3B1
. . . one important tribe, the Aedui, found they had common cause with Rome against the power of the Arverni, and from 122 BC were established as the ‘friends and brothers’ of the Roman people.
Quote ID: 7022
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 46
Section: 3B1
The second century BC ended with an ominous foreshadowing of the future. Gaul was invaded by the Cimbri and Teutones, the first recorded incursion of a growing power in the north: the Germans.
Quote ID: 7024
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 48
Section: 3B1
The Britain that Caesar found when he raided the island in 55 and 54 BC (p. 128) was in many respects like Gaul, with tribal units and a dominant warrior aristocracy.
Quote ID: 7025
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 63
Section: 3B1
In medicine, as in so many other areas, the Celts stand favourable comparison with the Classical world; . . .
Quote ID: 7026
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 66
Section: 3B1
Ceasar records that some women in Britain shared several husbands. This passage is often dismissed as fabulous, but such polyandry is paralleled in later societies elsewhere in the world.
Quote ID: 7027
Time Periods: 0
World of the Celts, The
Simon James
Book ID: 280 Page: 66
Section: 3B1
‘We fulfil the demands of nature in a much better way than do you Roman women: for we consort openly with the best men, whereas you let yourselves be debauched in secret by the vilest’, Dio {77, 16, 5}.
Quote ID: 7028
Time Periods: 0
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