title: The Barbarians: Warriors and Wars of the Dark Ages
author: Tim Newark
description: YA Newark presents a lively account of The Barbarians , as depicted in surviving contemporary literature and in artifacts from those days now shrouded in myth and legend. Through a narrative reconstruction of battles, campaigns and sieges, the awesome leaders, such as Attila and Alaric, come to life. The Barbarians includes 19th-Century prints that illustrate the concept of the "destructive barbarian" held over the centuries. Recent scholarship provides a different viewpoint of these barbaric peoples who roamed Europe for almost 1000 years. Fine color plates depict this historical update without destroying the popular image of the Dark Ages. A book for history students as well as "Sword and Sorcery" fans. Mary T. Gerrity, Queen Anne School, Upper Marlboro, Md.<br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  I am a Barbarian
  
  
  
  
  
  By Edgar Rice Burroughs
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter I
  
  
  
  
  
  A.U.C.769 [A.D.16]
  
  
  
  
  
  MY FATHER was a rugged individualist. He was about as subservient to
  discipline as a brown bear in the rutting season, and as for tribute: Jove!
  His face turned purple under its blue paint when emissaries came from Tagulus
  to demand it. With a single stroke of his blade, he lopped off the head of one
  of them and then sent it back to Tagulus by the other, saying, “Here is the
  only tribute that the grandson of Cingetorix pays to his enemies.” In his
  little world there were three scourges: Pestilence, Famine, and Father.
  
  
  
  
  
  What a man he was! I can see him now in his war chariot, lashing his horses
  toward the enemy, his skin stained blue, the hair of his wolf-skin tunic
  fluttering in the breeze, his great mustachios streaming out behind, his wolf-
  head helmet clamped low above his brow. Never forget, my son, that the blood
  of this proud barbarian flows in your veins.
  
  
  
  
  
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