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Originally posted by redlemon
No references, but I recall my Latin teacher telling us that Romans identified Barbarians (so named because their speech sounded like "bar-bar") by the fact that they were uncouth and wore pants rather than togas.
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I was under the impression that they were called that because they were hella hairy... hence why a "barber" is someone who removes said hair. I could be totally off my rocker though.