Octavo, black cloth & blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, map illustrated endpapers, xxiv + 392 pp. Fine in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: The very word ÒbarbariansÓ conjures up images of savage warriors, cruel conquerors, and battles marked by ruthless carnage. This compilation of primary sources presents dozens of striking accounts of the exotic customs and fierce deeds of those considered barbarians by the writers of these eyewitness reports. The authors, mostly near-contemporaries of the events they describe, range from classical histirans like Herodotus and... View More...
