Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
On Roman Attitudes toward Barbarians in Late Antiquity
At the time of the earliest Germanic invasions the Roman viewed them as land-hungry rebels fighting against the divinly ordained forces of civilization. Ammianus sees them as the agressors, although he has sympathy for them and criticism of some of the Romans. As they became christianized, Christian...
| Author: | Gerhart B. Ladner |
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| Published: |
S.n.,
s.l.,
1976
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| Volume: | 7 |
| Pages: | 1-26 |
| Periodical: | Viator |
| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Needs Review |
| Summary: | At the time of the earliest Germanic invasions the Roman viewed them as land-hungry rebels fighting against the divinly ordained forces of civilization. Ammianus sees them as the agressors, although he has sympathy for them and criticism of some of the Romans. As they became christianized, Christian authors considered Christians barbarians better than pagan Romans, and even had admiration for the unconverted ones' simplicity as compared the Roman intemperance. Finaly, the Roman-Germanic symbiosis became the mainstay of the church in the West. |
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Roman Attitudes Toward the Christians: From Claudius to Hadrian