Terry Jones' Barbarians: An Alternative Roman History by Terry Jones and Alan Ereira

History retold beyond the borders of Rome

Good Condition – Noticeable cover and edge wear, with page-edge tanning.

Terry Jones and Alan Ereira challenge the familiar Roman account of the peoples it labelled barbarians. Looking at Celts, Goths, Persians, Vandals and other societies beyond imperial control, they reveal sophisticated cultures, technologies and political systems too often dismissed by Roman propaganda and later histories. With wit and a lively eye for contradiction, the authors examine how conquest shaped the surviving record and ask who truly behaved barbarically. This alternative history replaces a simple story of civilisation versus savagery with a richer portrait of the diverse peoples Rome fought, absorbed and feared.