A tribe of Goths - Unknown Artist

"For myself, I accept the view that the peoples of Germany have never contaminated themselves by intermarriage with foreigners but remain of pure blood, distinct and unlike any other nation. One result of this is that their physical characteristics, in so far as one can generalize about such a large population, are always the same: fierce-looking blue eyes, reddish hair (rutilae comae = "red, golden-red, reddish yellow"), and big frames - which, however, can exert their strength only by means of violent effort. They are less able to endure toil or fatiguing tasks and cannot bear thirst or heat, though their climate has inured them to cold spells and the poverty of their soil to hunger."

-Tacitus, Germania

A tribe of Goths - Unknown Artist

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https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~wstevens/history331texts/barbarians.html

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/tacitus-germ-latin.asp