Primary Source 7.3: Battle Between Romans and Goths

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.

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(© Vanni Archive/Art Resource, NY)

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