The last Roman emperors were beggars. As the Roman Empire fell in the east the last of the Caesars were forced to beg to their fellow European kings for help. A great and sad end to a once glorious empire. As the empire fought in battle to keep the Ottomans from conquering them they had to get help from wherever they could. But crusades, giant walls, and the support of the Kings of England and France could not save the empire of Rome. A tale of the end of an empire, of knights, crusaders, and th

The Death of Julius Caesar by William Holmes Sullivan.#history #painting #arthistory #art #shorts