The self-sacrifice of Marcus Curtius: out of patriotism he leaps on horseback into an abyss; Romans throw grain into the chasm to honour him

The painting shows a naked man with his head held high standing on a gilded sleigh drawn by four strong men, two pulling and two pushing. A one-eyed priest is shown in the centre o...

Image frieze on the short ends with glued joints attached sheets paper, l: 185 mm, h: 10.3 mm. Attached to a pearl cardboard sleeve with glued brown pink (?) fabric with pressed fr...

The painting is shown in Bohushallen, Bohusläns museum. From Nationalencyclopedia, NE.se: Marcus Larson Larson (also Larsson), Marcus, 1825 - 1864, painter. After studies at the S...

Polyxena, with whom Achilles fell in love, was the younger daughter of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. She was partly responsible for Achilles’ death, having promised...

Publishd December 1.s 1798. by J. Wright. Piccadilly. for y.e Anti-Jacobin Review\no [?] London [...]/ In 1788 Horne Tooke published a notorious pamphlet under the title Two/ pair ...

“Civilis summoned the leaders of the tribe and those prepared to fight for liberty to a sacred grove ostensibly for a banquet and when he beheld that their senses had been overcome...

Taweviekame is Taken to be Sacrified av Juan Rios Martinez (eller "Taurii Mutuani"), 1974. "This yarn tabla depicts the parents of Taweviekmae ("Our Father Sun") taking him to the...