XEE4181029: Heraclius I (Flavius Heraclius, Herakleios (circa 575-610/641), Byzantine emperor, made a triumphant entrance to Constantinople. He climbed on a chariot reached by four elephants and brought before him the True Cross (Holy Cross) which had been taken from Jerusalem. 7th century. Engraving in “Beaute de l'histoire du basse empire” redige by P. J. B. N. 1814., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4181765: Roland blowing in his horn at the Battle of Roncesvaux on 15 August 778. Drawing by Alphonse de Neuville (1836-1885) for the opera “Roland a Roncesvaux” (Act IV, scene 1) by Auguste Mermet (1810-1889). Paris, Theatre imperial de l'opera, 1864. Illustration in “The Illustrous Universe”, 1864, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4171631: Barbarian invasions - Ekkehard IV of St. Gallen (St. Gall) or Eckhard, Eckhart (980 -1057) erudit, and Latin poet.The brother Heribald and the Huns has the Reichenau. On the island of Reichenau, only brother Heribald, a little simplet monk, remained during the general flight. Here he looks, like a stone statue, sitting on a tree trunk, the first huns horsemen arrived from the sea (as the Roman senators had once waited for the Gauls). The Huns were not at first surprised at the sight of this immobile companion.”, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4172776: Boer War at the Transvaal: Interview with Generals Horatio Herbert Kitchener, known as Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) commander of the English troops and Louis Botha (1862-1919), chief of the Boers at the Transvaal. Engraving in “” Le Petit Parisien”” on 24/03/1901., Anonymous / Bridgeman Images