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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus: Battle of Romans and Barbarians. Sarcophagus is memorial to wars against the Ostrogoths in mid 3rd c.

ViewTotal from front
SiteRome
LocationItaly
Dateca. 250-260
SubjectSculpture
PeriodRoman Imperial Period
Materialpreconneus marble
Dimensionsapproximately 5' high
CollectionItaly, Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano
Add'l. Info.found near Tiburtine gate
Saskia No.Jic-0880
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 10, plate 71
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 9, plate 67
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 6, plate 74