Barbarians Research Paper

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However, by the ninth century infantry units became the center of offensive action (Drews, pg. 167). “Papyri from the reign of Ramesses IX (1137-1120) refer to a great number of barbarians […] creating disturbances at Thebes” (Drews, pg. 168), which displays an articulate source that indicates barbarians had a professional infantry that effectively countered to the dominant armies of the civilized eastern Mediterranean. Hence, evidently there was no dominant power after “The Catastrophe” (Drews, pg. 168). Additionally, the use of long swords, which were once used as self-defense and relicts, extended from the barbarian auxiliaries to the professional infantryman of native populations (Drews, pg. 201). This allowed an advantage in hand-to-hand