Terry Jones' Barbarians

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"Terry Jones' Barbarians" is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was presented and written by ex-Python Terry Jones, challenging the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the barbarian.

Professor Barry Cunliffe of the University of Oxford acted as consultant for the series.

Episodes

1. "The Primitive Celts"

First broadcast 26th May 2006

*Celtic Barbarians
*Caesar's Gallic Wars

2. "The Savage Goths"

First broadcast 2nd June 2006
*Arminius
*Dacian Wars
*Alaric I's sack of Rome

3. "The Brainy Barbarians"

First broadcast 9th June 2006

Jones argues that the ancient Greeks and Persians were in reality far from the Roman view of them as effeminate and addicted to luxury. The Greeks valued science and mathematics, while the Persians had initially allowed multiculturalism among the different ethnic groups of its empire (until years of war with Rome).
*Antikythera Mechanism
*Archimedes and Syracuse
*Parthians
*Sassanids

4. "The End of the World"

First broadcast 16th June 2006

Around 400 AD, two Barbarian babies were born. One would grow up to become the most feared of all - Attila the Hun. The other, Geiseric, led the Vandals whom history has cast as destroyers. Jones finds out that Roman civilization wasn't destroyed by the invasion of these tribes, but by the loss of the North African tax base. He sees the common view of Rome and "Barbarians" as a result of the Roman Catholic Church popularizing the Roman version of the truth.

*Sack of Rome (455)

Companion book

* cite book
date = Jun 1, 2006
title = Terry Jones' Barbarians
last = Jones
first = Terry & Alan Ereira
publisher = BBC Books (hardcover)
id = ISBN 978-0563493181
* cite book
date = Jun 7, 2007
title = Terry Jones' Barbarians
last = Jones
first = Terry & Alan Ereira
publisher = BBC Books (paperback)
id = ISBN 978-0563539162

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2006/03_march/barbarians.shtml BBC Worldwide press release]