Rome and the Barbarians
From January 26 through July 20 2008
at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice
The exhibit has been organised by Palazzo Grassi, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland of Bonn (Germany) and Ecole Française of Rome.
The exhibit is supervised by an international scientific committee directed by Jean-Jacques Aillagon, President of the Palace of Versailles, by Michel Gras, director of the Ecole Française of Rome, and by Christoph Vitali, director of the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundes republik Deutschland, recently replacing Wenzel Jacob.
At the very beginning of our era, Rome dominated all the Mediterranean coasts and started its northern conquests of Europe. In the West, the British islands were about to be subjected; meanwhile in the continent, the borderlines were shaped by the way of the Rhine and the Danube. Nonetheless, by the end of the 2nd century, the increasing rhythm of Roman conquests was slowed down by frightening warriors coming from Scandinavia, central Europe and Asian steppes: The Barbarians.
The arrival of this populations at the boundaries of the European territory not only stopped the Roman army but also forced it to recede. Thus, by the end of the 5th century, the Western part of the Roman Empire became Barbarians' property.
Info:
Palazzo Grassi
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