• ErinCrush@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I was always under the assumption that ‘barbarian’ was specifically the term Romans used to refer to any non Romans north of the empire?

    Still, funny shitpost.

    • SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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      1 year ago

      I had thought it was specifically Greeks dunking on Syrian/Arabian because their language sounded like they were just saying, “Bar bar bar.”

      Reading up a little more, it sounds more like it was their description of anyone who is not Greek.