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...

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. ...

Battle of Dorylaeum (1097)

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

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...