Hippocrates (460-375 BCE)
"Life is short but art is long."
Attributed to Hippocrates in Hermotimus or On Philosophical Schools (section 1) by Lucian of Samosata...
An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
King Grimoald, who usurped power over the Lombards in 662, faced an early crisis when Emperor Constans II of Constantinople (r. 641-668) personally departed...
After the Romans suffered the humiliation of the Gallic Sack of Rome (dated between 390-386 BCE), the Roman Republic’s growing influence over the Italian...
