1. Ethno-genesis on the Edge of Empire
Romans and Barbarians
Ethno-genesis on the Edge of Empire

2. The Barbarians: Myth and Pre-Migration Realities
Classical descriptions of the Barbarians
The “Domino Theory” of Germanic Invasions
Pre-Migration Barbarian Society
Evidence
Fluid societies
Family and Kin Structures
Political structures

3. The Cross-Cultural Impact
Romanization of the Barbarians
Ethno-genesis.
Militarization.
Legitimization of “war leaders.”
Religious shifts from fertility Goddesses to War Lords.
Barbarization of the Romans
Roman soldiers on the frontiers.
German soldiers in the Roman army.
Wearing pants.

4. Migrations and New Kingdoms
The Visigoths
Emperor Valens and the Battle of Adrianople (378 CE)
Sack of Rome (410 CE)
Later Migrations (Vandals, Burgundians, Lombards, Ostrogoths)
Settlement and hospitalitas.
Odoacar (Odovacar) 476 CE “Rex Italicum” and Zeno, Emperor of Rome

5. “France” and “England”
The Franks
Roman soldiers
“I am Frank by nationality, but a Roman soldier under arms”
Childeric ca CE
“Rex Romanorum”
“Childerici regis”
Roman Briton’s Fall.
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
Abondonment of urban life
Linguistic and Religious changes