Barbarians - what periods , earliest to latest.

[Keith]

So use the term Barbarians to describe impact foot armies.
Can anyone give me a list from earliest to latest that these style armies existed ?

Celts to Franks ?

[hammy]

As far as the Greeks were concerned anyone who wasn't Greek was a barbarian.

I suspect that there was a similar term in use by the Assyrians, Hittites, and even Sumerians.

[LambertSimnel]

It sounds like you are using 'barbarians' as shorthand for Undrilled Impact Foot Swordsmen, rather than as a cultural term; in which case:

The Visigoths can be almost all Impact Foot until 621; the Frisian and Old Saxon list says it ends in 'the early 6th century AD, but still supplies allied contingents of up to 44 Impact Foot to Charlemagne until 804; and the Later Scots Islesmen and Highlanders can be over 50% Impact Foot (but only as MF with Bow*) all the way to 1493!

EDIT: The earliest Undrilled Impact Foot Swordsmen in published lists appears to be the Gauls, whose list starts in the 4th century BC. I suspect, though, that we may see earlier impact foot either in Swifter than Eagles or as enemies of early Rome (whenever those lists appear).

[lawrenceg]

So use the term Barbarians to describe impact foot armies.
Can anyone give me a list from earliest to latest that these style armies existed ?

Celts to Franks ?

Roman legionary impact foot might not be very happy about that use of the term.

[Scrumpy]

I seem to remember seeing Barbarians in the 70s, I'm sure Dave Madigan still remembers 'the try'.

[DaiSho]

So use the term Barbarians to describe impact foot armies.
Can anyone give me a list from earliest to latest that these style armies existed ?

Celts to Franks ?

Roman legionary impact foot might not be very happy about that use of the term.

accurate as it may be

[Lycanthropic]

Sea Peoples (mickey mouse hats) is a good candidate for impact foot. Pity they won't have a thracian ally...........

[Probert]

Cimmerians

[bobm]

Cimmerians

With a mighty hewed "librarian" called Conan as their general....

[ars_belli]

A mighty warrior, indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8

Cheers,
Scott