The legendary eternal city… its eternity may be debated: some maintain that Rome is not one city but several that rose one after the other on the same place, each with different civilization, language, mentality and people. What cannot be argued though is that for over five centuries the Roman Empire managed to maintain an impressive continuity of culture and language while spreading all around the Mediterranean sea and conquering most of Europe. Basically a people of soldiers, that nevertheless left a deep mark in history and produced plenty of remarkable works of art and literature, many of which you’ll find depicted here.
Illustrated Italian lexicon color table with Italian historical…
Vintage engraving representing German warriors fighting with arches,…
Capital D decorated letter miniature of a medieval…
Vintage engraving representing Germans of the Marcomanni tribe…
Vintage engraving representing German women captured by Roman…
Vintage engraving representing the pact of peace between…
Vintage engraving representing the destruction of a German…
Vintage engraving representing German warriors going to fight…
Vintage engraving representing the punishment by decapitation of…
Vintage engraving representing Emperor Trajan horseback protected by…
Vintage engraving of the Emperor Trajan triumphal column…
Vintage engraving representing German council of war, scene…
Vintage engraving representing the destruction of a German…
Vintage engraving representing Roman soldiers at the siege…