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Prof Scull said it all suggests "we have been underestimating the sophistication and capacity of the societies of 5th to 7th Century England" seeing them as post-Roman barbarians.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023

Mauricio Pochettino's appointment as Chelsea manager may come to be viewed as the defining moment of the post-Roman Abramovich era.

From BBC • May 29, 2023

As an example of acculturation, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, was one of the most dynamic leaders of the post-Roman world.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In keeping with the series' bottom-up ethos, we're whizzed around the country to see how ordinary people would have lived in the post-Roman dark ages.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2012

It was only in post-Roman days that Roman civilization, brought perhaps by Christian missionaries like Patrick, entered the island.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various