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. ...

Battle of Dorylaeum (1097)

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