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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAI-BAR |
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BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos) , the name among the early Greeks for all foreigners. The word is probably onomatopoetic, designed to represent the uncouth babbling of which languages
term
savage natures of which they believed their enemies to be possessed. The Romans adopted the word for all peoples other than those under Graeco-Roman
influence and domination. It has long become synonymous with a general lack of civilization
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