The barbarians of antiquity, so long a fixture of the public imagination as the savages who sacked and destroyed Rome, emerge in this colorful, richly textured history as a much more complex—and far more interesting—factor in the expansion, and eventual unmaking, of the Roman Empire. Thomas S. Burns marshals an abundance of archeological and literary evidence, as well as three decades of study and experience, to bring forth an unusually far-sighted and wide-ranging account of the relations between Romans and non-Romans along the frontiers of western Europe from the last years of the Republic into late antiquity.
Looking at a 500-year time span beginning with early encounters between barbarians and Romans around 100 B.C. and ending with the spread of barbarian settlement in the western Empire around A.D. 400, Burns removes the barbarians from their narrow niche as invaders and conquerors and places them in the broader context of neighbors, (sometimes bitter) friends, and settlers. His nuanced history subtly shows how Rome's relations with the barbarians—and vice versa—slowly but inexorably evolved from general ignorance, hostility, and suspicion toward tolerance, synergy, and integration. What he describes is, in fact, a drawn-out period of acculturation, characterized more by continuity than by change and conflict and leading to the creation of a new Romano-barbarian hybrid society and culture that anticipated the values and traditions of medieval civilization.
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An excellent book that comes from eleven years of painstaking research. Thomas S. Burns has written a readable and well-documented survey of Rome and the numerous peoples to its north... The book is exceptionally well organized... This book is useful for research and in the classroom not only because of its extensive documentation and bibliography but also because it is readable both for scholars and students.
(John F. DeFelice History: Reviews of New Books 2004-01-00)An excellent study... Burns breaks the stereotype of the barbarians as destructive savages held in check by the Roman Empire. In its place he offers a balanced view of an evolving relationship between complex, diverse societies on the barbarian side and the civilized Romans... The book is enhanced by Burns's very effective integration of the traditional literary sources with the testimony of archaeological evidence... Sheds light on an important aspect of Roman history and is valuable to both the scholar and the beginning student.
(J. P. Karras Journal of Military History 2004-01-00)Anyone who has struggled to convey to a class the manifold ways in which the establishment of a legionary fortress revolutionized the life of a region will envy Burns' pedagogical fluency.
(Michael Kulikowski Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004-01-00)I recommend the book highly as an informed, up-to-date, and well-written review of a huge amount of data, easily readable and well referenced.
(Peter S. Wells International History Review 2005-01-00)This detailed analysis of Roman-barbarian interaction rests on a very solid scholarly base.
(Choice 2004-01-00)Rome and the Barbarians, is a book that will delight both academics and their students.
(Gocha R. Tsetskhladze Ancient West and East 2006-01-00)A thought-provoking analysis... A good foundation upon which future studies can build.
(James Chlup Ordia Prima 2006-01-00)A remarkably even-handed portrait of Roman-northern action and reaction.
(Frank M. Clover Classical Review 2005-01-00)Burns brings thirty years of extensive study of the literary and archaeological evidence to bear on the nature of the impact not only that the Romans had on the barbarians but also that the barbarians had on the Romans. Fortified with a thorough exposition of the source material, meticulous analysis, and provocative suggestions, Rome and the Barbarians will take the dialogue to another level.
(Ralph W. Mathisen, University of South Carolina)A very good read for any student interested in the Romans or the barbarians.
(New York Military Affairs Symposium Newsletter 2009-01-00)The barbarians of antiquity, so long a fixture of the public imagination as the savages who sacked and destroyed Rome, emerge in this colourful history as a much more complex - and far more interesting - factor in the expansion, and eventual unmaking, of the Roman Empire. Thomas S. Burns marshals an abundance of archaeological and literary evidence, as well as three decades of study and experience, to bring forth a wide-ranging account of the relations between Romans and non-Romans along the frontiers of western Europe from the last years of the Republic into late antiquity. Looking at a 500-year time span beginning with early encounters between barbarians and Romans around 100 BC and ending with the spread of barbarian settlement in the western Empire around AD 400, Burns removes the barbarians from their narrow niche as invaders and conquerors and places them in the broader context of neighbours, (sometimes bitter) friends and settlers. His nuanced history subtly shows how Rome's relations with the barbarians - and vice versa - slowly but inexorably evolved from general ignorance, hostility and suspicion toward tolerance, synergy and integration.
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