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. ...

Savonarola and his execution

Hanging and burning of Girolamo Savonarola in Piazza della Signoria in Florence in 1498. This is a 17th-century copy of a contemporary original attributed to Francesco Rosselli. In a contemporary copy from Perugia, the scroll held by angels bears ...

No taxation without representation

Print shows citizens in Boston burning proclamations from England pertaining to the stamp act of 1765, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. ...