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...

Interior of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam

Calvinism has been known at times for its simple, unadorned churches and lifestyles, as depicted in this painting of the interior of the Oude kerk in Amsterdam (south nave), by Emanuel de Witte. ...