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The Barbarian Invasions and National Security
The arrival of the Barbarians as a national security problem for Rome can still be seen as a major crisis in the modern world if an unknown hostile group of people suddenly appears on the border in large numbers, as it did for Rome with the Goths. The cultural estuary, where different early European cultures mixed, is still debated to determine whether the Goths were Germanic or Celtic or a mix of the two.