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A painting depicting the Battle of Tolbiac in 496 AD. ...

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

A painting by Thomas Couture created during the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. ...

A painting depicting the First Council of Nicaea with ten men and a text of the Nicean Creed in Greek. ...

A painting of "The Edict of Constantine" which proclaimed freedom of worship for all religions and essentially freed Christians from persecution. ...

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

Exploring this 15th-century illumination is an opportunity to discover how medieval society represented its structure and organization. ...