Post originally by Jack Fortune at 2005-03-11 10:28:45
Converted from Phorums BB System

Sort of. Howard was really big on contrasting the savage versus the civilized. I think that there was more going on than just having stereotypical wildmen antagonists.

In his fictional history "The Hyborian Age," the Picts actually take over and conquer Aquilonia and some of the other civilized kingdoms. The Pictish Empire eventually falls as well, to the Aesir, I think. The rise and fall of civilizations was a major theme for Howard, too.