Many people would believe that the Barbarians were barbaric, but were they really? In ancient Greek the word “ barbaros” mean foreigner. Also in 1200s the word “ barbarian was a “negative term referring to people who lived beyond reach of civilization, people who were savage, evil.” ( background essay. Pg 3. ) However some people do not believe that the Barbarian were barbaric. The Barbarians was brought under to one leadership, was able to expand to other countries, they were foreigners for a long time and they did a brutal side. The brutal side of the Barbarians was that they would punish the entire group if one or more people fail. In document 2, it stated: “ when they are in battle, if one or two or three or even more out of a group
