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.
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,…
"Carthage, Tunisia. American Army chaplains inspecting the ruins of the Roman arena where Christian martyrs were thrown to the lions. The altar later erected on the site had been used as a bivouac by German troops"
Church martyrs, with in the foreground Sts Felicitas and Perpetua and two other martyrs exposed to lions in an arena; beyond, at left, martyrdom of Sts Victor and Zephyrinus, at centre a female martyr having boiling liquid poured over her head, at…