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minus-squareErinCrush@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI 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-up4·1 year agoThat’s the historical root of the term, but “barbaric” and “barbarian” also have long histories as diminutive due to colonialism.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI 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.
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.