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| Introduction | ||
| A Barbarian Chronology | ||
| I | Barbarians on the Landscape | 1 |
| from Geography, A.D. 24 | ||
| II | The Greeks' Barbarians | 15 |
| "Scythians and Thracians," 424 B.C. | ||
| III | Rome Encounters the Celts | 25 |
| "Romans and Celts Battle in Umbria," ca. 390 B.C. | ||
| "The Celts Enter Rome," ca. 390 B.C. | ||
| "The Early Celtic - Roman Wars," 225 B.C. | ||
| IV | Gaul | 49 |
| "On the Gauls," 58 B.C. | ||
| "On the People and Customs of Gaul," ca. 50 B.C. | ||
| "Border Battles," 55 B.C. | ||
| V | Germany | 71 |
| "On the Germans," 55 B.C. | ||
| Germania, A.D. 98 | ||
| VI | Britain | 99 |
| "The First Invasion of Britain," 55 B.C. | ||
| "The People and Customs of Britain," ca. 50 B.C. | ||
| "A Battle Between Romans and Caledonians in Southern Scotland," ca. A.D. 80 | ||
| VII | The Goths Turn South to Rome | 119 |
| "The Gothic Invasion and the Battle of Hadrianople," A.D. 378 | ||
| "Alaric Sacks Rome," A.D. 410 | ||
| "The Death and Funeral of Alaric" | ||
| VIII | The Huns | 149 |
| "The Huns," ca. A.D. 400 | ||
| "Negotiating and Dining with Attila," A.D. 449 | ||
| "A Goth's Biography of Attila," A.D. 551 | ||
| IX | The Vandals | 179 |
| from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | ||
| X | The Vikings | 207 |
| "The Battle of Maldon," 991 | ||
| "Viking Raids," from The Annals of St. Bertin, 843-859 | ||
| "Viking Raids," from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 994-1016 | ||
| "A Viking Funeral," 922 | ||
| "The Beastly Eruli," ca. 560 | ||
| XI | Ireland | 233 |
| "The Customs of the Irish," 1185 | ||
| "Bricriu's Feast and the War of Words of the Women of Ulster," from Cuchulain of Muirthemne, 12th Century | ||
| XII | Genghis Khan | 251 |
| from The History of the World Conqueror, 1260 | ||
| "Some Incidents During Genghis's War with the Tatars," from The Secret History of the Mongols, 13th Century | ||
| XIII | Mongols and Tartars | 269 |
| from The Tartar Relation, 1247 | ||
| From The Chronicle of Novgorod, 1224-1259 | ||
| from Chronicles, 1240-1243 | ||
| XIV | Tamerlane | 299 |
| from The Life of Timur, 15th Century | ||
| from Travels and Bondage, ca. 1430 | ||
| XV | The Crusades: Infidel Against Infidel | 321 |
| "Pope Urban II Calls for a Crusade," 1095 | ||
| "The Capture of Jerusalem," 1099 | ||
| "Encounters with Crusaders in Syria," ca. 1150 | ||
| "The Fall of Constantinople," 1453 | ||
| Epilogue | 375 | |
| "At the Gates of Hadrianople," 1453 | ||
| Sources | 379 | |
| Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources | 383 | |
| Index | 385 |
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