Terry Jones and Alan Ereira
Terry Jones' Barbarians
An Alternative Roman History
BBC Books 2007
Stron 320, format: 13x20 cm
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WELCOME TO HISTORY FROM A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW
Terry Jones' Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to Roman history. It reveals that most of those written off by Rome as uncivilized, savage and 'barbaric' were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent people, with no intentions of overthrowing Rome and plundering its Empire. In fact, it was the Romans who celebrated savage slaughter and who eventually looted the city of Rome themselves, while leaving a lasting legacy of propaganda attacking everyone else.
In this entertaining book, Terry Jones and Alan Ereira have set the record straight. Travelling through 700 years of history across Europe, Asia and Africa, they bring wit, irreverence, passion and the very latest scholarship to transform our view of the much-misunderstood Barbarians.
'I have enormously enjoyed this hook it is verv lively and really does ^el to arips with perceptions of the Barbarians. It's just what we need to readdress the balance- and to put the Romans in their correct perspective.' Burrv Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford
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Contents
Preface 7
Barbarian Timeline 10
Introducing the Goodies and Baddies 13
PART I THE CELTS 20
I Unearthing the Celts 21
II The Looting of Gaul 41
III Celtic Women and the Great British Revolt 50
IV Romans on Top 71
PART II BARBARIANS FROM THE NORTH 86
V The Germans 87
VI Dacia and the Vanished World 110
VII The Goths 129
PART III BARBARIANS FROM THE EAST 150
VIII Hellenes 151
IX Persia - the Early Dynasties 172
X Sassanians 191
PART IV VANDALS AND HUNS 212
XI Behind the Myths 213
XII The Christianization of the Empire 217
XIII Vandals 238
XIV Nemesis 264
Epilogue 286
Notes 289
Bibliography 303
Picture Credits 310
Index 311
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