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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by the_af on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:14PM (#13941756)
In the context of the article, it's clear they mean the now common meaning of "barbarian: a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person." TFA even mentions the Romans considered Huns "scarcely human".

Obviously they are not referring to the Roman meaning of "any non-Romans", because that would be a tautology.

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