barbarian was supposed to be anyone besides a roman in the ancient times. the Romans thought that the Gauls (French) Britons (British) and other barbarians that there language sounded like BAR BAR BAR! so they called them barbarians. (i am a Rome expert)
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The Barbarian Invasions was created on 2003-05-21.
There are different definitions of barbarian. One of these is a person who is regarded as culturally inferior; according to this definition, a Roman or Greek might have considered Charlemagne a barbarian. Another definition is a fierce or cruel person; by that definition, different people would give different answers, depending on how they interpret his actions. Another definition is an uncultured person; by that definition, Charlemagne was not a barbarian at all, as he was a great patron of arts and education.
the roman term for outsider is barbarian.
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According to Google Dictionary a barbarian is a"A member of a community or tribe not belonging to one of the great civilizations (Greek, Roman, Christian)." In other words, to the peoples of these civilisations, this word meant foreigner . Odocacer'spreciseethnicity is not known. However, it is known that he belonged to one of the Germanic peoples. These peoples came from areas north of the Roman empire, andthereforethe Romans thought he was a barbarian, that is a foreigner.