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 ...

Also read Rare Discovery: Ancient Colored Scylla Sculptures Found in Laodicea The Romans referred to Germanic tribal people as "barbarians," meaning "people who speak differently." Archaeologists ...

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 ...

The use of narcotics like opium is well documented in ancient Greece and Rome, but barbarians living outside ... Researchers suspect Germanic communities of the Roman period may have used locally ...