Learn why the use of a tiny spoon likely suggests that Germanic communities used psychotropic drugs for battle.

During the fifth century, three Western chroniclers followed in the footsteps of Jerome and Augustine to confront the flood of the Völkerwanderung (barbarian migrations) by developing different ...

It seems unlikely that the Germanic barbarians of the Roman era would have used no drugs whatsoever. If the team's findings can be confirmed, they will tell us more about how our ancestors lived ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

Barbarian warriors likely snorted stimulants during battle in Roman times, according to a new study that sheds more light on the fighting practices of the Germanic community. Researchers have ...