Battle of Dorylaeum (1097)

Battle of Dorylia. The Crusaders' victory at Dorylia paved the way for Alexis I's reconquest of Asia Minor. ...

Loix des Douzes Tables

The Twelve Tables Rome's First Legal Code is Drawn up by a Commission Number 36 in Figures de l'histoire de la république romaine accompagnées d'un précis historique, Paris, an VIII. ...

Vercingetorix before Caesar

The painting depicts the surrender of the Gallic chieftain after the Battle of Alesia (52 BC). The depiction of Gauls with long hair and mustaches is also called into question today. The horse is a Percheron, although at this time this breed was not...

The Accounting Tablet

Tablet from the administrative archives of the temple of Ba'u at Lagash quoting the wages due to the different categories of personnel, about the time of Uruinimgina. These accounting tablets represent the first step in the development of the cuneif...

Stele of the ode of Hammurabi 

The Code of Hammurabi contains 282 articles of law, which regulate many aspects of Mesopotamian society. The Code governs criminal offences, commerce, marriage, architecture and agriculture. The steles were a means of spreading the laws, and this al...