Resumen de Rethinking the dichotomy: "Romans" and "barbarians"
Our understanding of the interactions between the Roman Empire and indigenous societies (or �barbarians�) that lay within or surrounding its borders has undergone considerable advances over the last 30 years. Stemming initially from a colonial perspective, which saw the Roman Empire as �civilising� those who were subsumed into it, the study of these interactions now includes a wealth of diverse post-processual or post-colonial approaches that stress the complexity of interactions within and between these social groups. Even with these advances, the self-imposed opposition between prehistoric and Roman studies, whether in theoretical stance, approach or research frameworks, remains constant in modern scholarly debate (Hingley 2012: 629). As a consequence, and despite extensive debate to the contrary, the divide between �Romans� and �natives� endures in our current interpretations of the contact between pre-Roman and Roman society
