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What are differences between Viking and Germanic barbarians?

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Other germanic groups like the Lombards, Goths, Visgoths and Vandals were in different places at different times. The Vandals led to the demise of one of the Early Roman Empires, and the Goths ultimately contributed to the foundation of Western Europe and Germany. read more

Norsemen from Sweden went eastwards and rather traded with than plundered lands between Scandinavia and Constantinople. They were known as Varangians. In the Viking Age, Norway, Denmark and Sweden were inhabited by ethnically North Germanic people. They were related to both West Germanic people like Anglo-Saxons and East Germanic Goths. read more

Well, if you look at the words, the first is a job description and the second is a pejorative (i.e. an insulting term). read more

In the general use of the term barbarian today there's no difference. The Vikings definitely used barbaric methods and if you could go back and ask the people of Europe that were raided and pillaged by Vikings I'll bet they would describe them as being barbarians. Especially the group of Vikings known as the Berserkers. read more

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