Tacitus (c. 56-117)
"The more I think about history, ancient or modern, the more ironical all human affairs seem."
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Book...
This painting, by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, (c. 1798-1863), draws its inspiration from a poem called Gerusalemme liberata, written by the Italian poet,...
This curious painting was created by the Spanish artist José de Ribera (c. 1591-1652). It depicts Moses, the lawgiver of the Abrahamic religions, who...
This painting, by the French artist Albert Maignan (1845–1908), depicts the death of Chlodobert, son of the Frankish King Chilperic I (r. 561-584) and...
