>But what law is there among barbarians? They react all the more savagely”
>For six months the barbarians (who would have thought?) hung around that one mountain
Romana by Jordanes

>“And so, having reformed the army quite in the manner of a monarch, he [Hadrian] set out for Britain, and there he corrected many abuses and was the first to construct a wall, eighty miles in length, which was to separate the barbarians from the Romans
Historia Augusta

>as I am among long-haired hordes, having to endure German speech, praising often with a twisted face the song of the gluttonous Burgundian who spreads rancid butter on his hair? Do you want me to tell you what wrecks all poetry? Driven away by barbarian thrumming
Sidonius Apollinaris

>“nay, those over whom Irule are Britons, men that know not how to till the soil or ply a trade, but are thoroughly versed in the art of war and hold all things in common, even children and wives, so that the latter possess the same dignity as the men”
>Those who were taken captive by the Britons were subjected to every known form of outrage.The worst and most bestial atrocity committed by their captors was the following[…]
Historiae Romanae by Cassius Dio

>I do not think you can expect any literary or musical talent from them [the captives from the wars in Britannia]
Cicero’s letter to Attic