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minus-squareFishroot [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down5·1 年前 Barbarian Khan yes the culture that happens to adapt/improve/recruit tech, culture and people from all over the place is the ‘‘barbarian’’
minus-squareErinCrush@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 年前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.
minus-squaremotherfucker [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 年前That’s the historical root of the term, but “barbaric” and “barbarian” also have long histories as diminutive due to colonialism.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 年前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.
yes the culture that happens to adapt/improve/recruit tech, culture and people from all over the place is the ‘‘barbarian’’
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.
That’s the historical root of the term, but “barbaric” and “barbarian” also have long histories as diminutive due to colonialism.
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.
North west of the empire.