The First Siege of Rome during the Gothic War, 537-538 AD. Seen here Belisarius using the statues from Hadrian's Tomb - now the Castle of St. Angelo - as missiles against the Ostrogoths. After the painting by Ambrose Dudley, (1867-1951). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
The First Siege of Rome during the Gothic War, 537-538 AD. Seen here Belisarius using the statues from Hadrian's Tomb - now the Castle of St. Angelo - as missiles against the Ostrogoths. After the painting by Ambrose Dudley, (1867-1951). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
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