LECTURE FOR MARCH 8: ROMANS AND BARBARIANS
The traditional view: waves of invading hordes
The Roman world in 300 AD In 400 AD
Fortifications:
Hadrian's Wall
Modern reconstruction, from Germany:
Military gear:
Siege warfare: the barbarians can't compete
Insignia of the imperial arms factories, from the Notitia Dignitatum:
The most serious military threat to the Roman Empire was... the Roman army:
Victory over the barbarians:
Barbarian captives:
Defeated enemies:
Captives:
Suppliants:
Evolution of a "frontier culture": are these artifacts "Roman" or "Barbarian"?
Rome's real impact on the barbarian cultures of Northern Europe:
Violence:
