Arrival of Jacques Cartier at Stadacona, 1535

A Victorian-era watercolour illustration of Jacques Cartier's arrival in Stadacona, which was traditional Iroquoian territory in the 1500s. Note that the Iroquois had boats and were fishing in that area, but that they were known to fish even further...

Roman Wedding Relief Sculpture

A marble relief of a wedding scene: veiled bride followed by pronuba clasps hands with groom before altar; on the left a huge male carries the sacrificial bull on his shoulder, on the right a maenad dances. ...

The Three Crosses

During the crusades, Pope John VIII declared that warriors who died fighting pagans would surely have eternal life. Here lies a depiction of Christ being crucified between the two thieves. ...

Gaiseric Sacking Rome

A painting by Karl Bryullov (1799-1852) depicting the barbarians invading the Roman provinces during the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. ...

The baptism of Clovis

A painting demonstrating how the Christian Catholic Church survived the fall of the Roman Empire thanks to the strength of its organization and its large number of faithful. ...