Immigration: How ancient Rome dealt with the Barbarians at the gate
- Written by Cavan W. Concannon, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, New Mexico, in 2016.AP/Christian Torres
A caravan of Goths – the Thervingi and the Greuthungi – were massing along the Danube river, at the border of the Roman Empire.
This was not an invading army, but men, women, and children fleeing the enemy at their backs: a seemingly...
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