Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus
Historical Center
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- Location: Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus
- Date: 300
This is one of the most famous roman sarcophagi: it depicts, in high-relief, a battle won by the Romans against a barbarian population, most likely the Goths. Found in a tomb near Porta Tiburtina in 1621, it lost its lid in 1945, when the sarcophagus was exhibited in Mainz in Germany.