Were the Germans physically superior?

[Alanus]

Here is an interesting observation by Italian professor Alesandro Barbero:

"The Goths, who were tall and blond or red-haired, physically resembled the Germans. The characteristics the two groups shared were all negative in Roman eyes; the dominent race in the Roman world, the race that believed it possesses a superior civilization and regarded all other races with contempt, was composed of short, dark Mediteranean types, and being tall and blond was a mark of inferiority, of poverty, of barbarism."

As a sequal to this scenario, it might be admissable to mention the Sarmatians, the "dominent" people of the steppes. They were both short and partially Asiatic, as well as tall and European looking, all in the same tribe and burial ground. So I agree that the nature of "superiority" is in the mind of the winner, not a "race" thing at all.