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Intervention of the Sabine Women
"Taken place in 750 BC, in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. Fearing the emergence of a rival society, the Sabines refused to allow their women to marry the Romans.…
Felicitas of Rome
An etching depicting the deaths of Felicitas and her seven sons.
Pollice Verso
There is one gladiator standing over another fallen gladiator. The crowds signals to the gladiator to kill his opponent.
La muerte de Séneca
Painting of the suicide of Roman philosopher Seneca. Painted by Manuel Domínguez Sánchez in 1871. The painting is held at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
Martrydom of Saint Catherine
The martyrdom of St Catherine who kneels facing left, the Emperor Maxentius is in the upper right and an angel with a sword and a cross occurs in the upper left. Description from: The British Museum,…
The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer
A painting by Jean-Leon Gerome painted sometime between 1863 and 1883
Peter Paul Rubens, The Martyrdom of St Paul, a coloured drawing
St. Paul Being Martyred
Saint Peter
Saint Peter as Pope—here shown with the pallium and the Keys to Heaven
Mary and Child with Saints Felicity and Perpetua (Sacra Conversazione).
An anonymously submitted photograph of a painting to the Wikimedia Commons. The original painting was done with tempera on wood. It depicts the Virgin Mary with Saints Perpetua and Felicitas, originating from around circa 1520.
Saint Sebastian of Avla
Saint Sebastian (died c. 288) was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to Christian belief, he was killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post or tree…