Barbaric Tribes of Ancient Times
Over the centuries sence the dawn of time there has always been tribes of war like people that some refer to as barbarians. I would like to talk a little bit about some of these Germanic tribes such as the Lombards, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, and the Franks.First off we will talk about the Lombard’s. The word Lombard coming from the word Langobards, refers to their long beards. The Lombard’s are one of the many Germanic tribes that settled in Europe. The Lombard’s started off in southern Sweden and over time migrated there way down into Italy. They settled in modern day Hungary and Eastern Austria. For centuries the territory that is modern Austria was the border between Roman and Germanic culture. In 568 Alboin lead the invasion into Italy were they set up there own kingdom and later worked their way down into southern Italy. Authari is the next king to come into power. He was elected to this position to try to strengthen the Lombards hold on Europe from the Franks, the Byzantine Empire and the popes of that time. The height of the Lomardian Kingdom was in the 7th and 8th century until Catholicism took over in the place of Aryanism. The Popes in Rome feared the Lombard’s would take over there power. IN 754,
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Approximate Word count = 1327
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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