The historian studied the barbarization of the region following the collapse of the central government.
The act of making something or someone more primitive or less refined.
Critics argued that the barbarization of the art form was evident in the new, less sophisticated styles.
In historical discourse, especially regarding late antiquity, the gradual integration of non-Roman "barbarian" peoples into the Roman Empire's institutions.
The so-called barbarization of the Roman army altered its composition and tactics in the 4th century.