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The Barbarians In the article titled The Barbarian Threat, by Sabine Goerke-Shrode, I learned of how the Huns movement through Europe caused many tribes to move their populations in search for safety. I also gained knowledge on who the Ostrogoths and the Visigoths were, and why it was necessary for the Roman Empire to take them under their wing. Until the mid 200’s AD, the Roman Empire was the leading power of Europe and by about 250 Ad the Roman Empires leaders and generals were losing authority over Rome’s outer cities. Tribes outside of Rome’s control realized the weaknesses stirring and began to move across the borders. A tribe from Gothenburg, Sweden which pushed south and west towards Rome in around the 1st century B.X. was the Goths. Around A.D. 230 they settled near the Black Sea on the northeastern edge of the Roman Empire, known today as the Ukraine. Around 248 or 249 the Goths attempted an invasion of the Roman province of Moesia, but were repelled. About the same time the Goths split into two groups Goths that began emigrating to the east were the Ostrogoths, and the ones who moved to the west were barbarians, visigoths, roman, goths, huns, empire, army, ad, around, west, valens, tribes, time, settle, romans, ostrogoths, move, europe, emperor, began, battle, about, vacaville, two, thrace, stirrups, since, search, safety, saddles, sabine, rome’s, province, power, over, officials