Which of the following statements about the usage of the term 'barbarian' is/are correct? 1. It is derived from the Greek word 'barbaros' which means a non-Greek. 2. Romans used the term for the Germanic tribes, the Gauls and the Huns. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

The correct answer is C, Both 1 and 2. The word barbarian comes from the Greek barbaros, a name for anyone who was not Greek, and the Romans later applied it to the peoples beyond their frontiers, such as the Germanic tribes, the Gauls and the Huns.

To Greek ears, foreign languages sounded like meaningless "bar-bar", so barbaros simply meant a person who did not speak Greek. The Romans took over the word and used it for the tribes living outside the empire. Germanic peoples like the Goths, Vandals and Franks, the Celtic Gauls of the west and the Huns from Central Asia were all called barbarians. Many of these groups crossed the Roman frontiers in the fourth and fifth centuries, and the Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE when the Germanic leader Odoacer removed the last emperor.

Option A is wrong because statement 2 is also correct. Option B is wrong because statement 1 is also correct. Option D is wrong because both statements are true.

Exam tip: barbaros (Greek) = non-Greek; Romans used barbarian for Goths, Gauls, Huns; Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE.