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The terminology is apt, considering that a ‘barbarian’ is classically defined as one who lives outside of, and represents a threat to, the Roman empire. In More’s novel, the ‘barbarian’ children encroach not on the civilisation of Rome, but on the civilisation of the modern dining ...