barbarian

After introducing Roman Britain in broad strokes, he gives a judicious account of how imperial authority on the island was swept away in a chaotic period of civil war and barbarian invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Coach Tom Flores fined the 6-foot-8 barbarian $1,000, and Philadelphia coach Dick Vermeil said he would have been harsher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025

The barbarian monarchs of the West sent hordes east—a counterinvasion we call the First Crusade.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

With a diving lesson from the Anjin, the barbarian, John Blackthorne.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

She gave birth on the sand; the barbarian women were said to be able to birth in the saddle.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

The barbarians of buyouts past, it seems, are now the sought-after boyfriends of the beautiful and famous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

The Padres, on the other hand, are the rebels who won’t surrender, the barbarians at the door trying to steal away their crown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

Rainer leads the hapless dame into a sparkling cavern, where the queen of the barbarians herself, Conann, is perched on a high tower, clutching a human heart that looks more like a Christmas tree ornament.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Prof Scull said it all suggests "we have been underestimating the sophistication and capacity of the societies of 5th to 7th Century England" seeing them as post-Roman barbarians.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

It is not the case that all cultural advances in East Asia stemmed from China and that Koreans, Japanese, and tropical Southeast Asians were noninventive barbarians who contributed nothing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond