A History of Western Society: Printed Page 205
A History of Western Society, Concise Edition: Printed Page 204
Chapter Chronology
Rome’s wars with the Germanic-speaking groups along its northern border come to life in this relief from a Roman sarcophagus of the third century C.E., discovered in a tomb in the city of Rome. The Romans are wearing helmets, and the soldier at the right is wearing iron or bronze chain mail, a defensive technology that the Romans adapted from the Celts.