Question
Cassiodorus popularized a folk etymology linking this term to a combination of words meaning “beard” and “flat land.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this term used in the Greco-Roman world for generally uncivilized foreigners. The peoples that invaded the late Roman Empire, like the Huns and Goths, are often grouped together under this general term.
ANSWER: barbarians [or barbarus; or barbari; or barbaroi]
[10h] The Barbaricum was a Roman name for the lands that lay beyond this system of Roman boundary markings. The Rhine River made up much of the Germanic part of this system.
ANSWER: limes (“LIE-mes”) [accept Limes Germanicus or Germanic Limes]
[10m] Cicero referred to this region’s mountainous interior as a “land of barbarians” following a series of wars against its Nuragic peoples. This was the larger of two regions annexed by Rome after the Mercenary War.
ANSWER: Sardinia
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Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley | 11/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Chicago | 11/02/2024 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Florida | 10/26/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Harvard | 10/26/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite | 11/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Texas | 11/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UK | 10/26/2024 | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UNC | 10/26/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Virginia Tech A | RIT A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| UNC A | Duke A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UNC B | UNC C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |