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2: The Barbarian World

The Fall of Rome Podcast

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The Huns and the Empire

CNN's John Sutter looks at the connections between Christians and barbarians in Roman history. He says there were multiple groups of Goths in play here, including a group that was driven to the Danube as refugees. The Huns chose exactly the right time to invade Gothic lands because they didn't have money to pay their military followings," Sutter writes. "This was no reason to fight but it's no reason to be stupid"

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