The Basilica of Saint Clement in Lateran in Rome, dedicated to Pope Clement I , constitutes a faithful reflection of the religious, political and architectural history of Rome from the beginning of the Christian era to the Middle Ages. The current basilica was built in the 12th century on the remai
One of the obstacles encountered by those who try to approach the history of the medieval peninsular kingdoms is that of the repetition of certain names among the monarchs who wore the crown of these kingdoms or among those who held a county title, which sometimes makes it difficult to identify di
16 and 17 July 1942 , during the Vel dHiv roundup , the French police proceeded to the mass arrest of thousands of Jews, on the orders of the Vichy government. Men, women and children were soon brought back to the Vélodrome dHiver in Paris, place of the beginning. Not the beginning of a life, but ra
At a time when the exegesis of ancient texts, scholasticism and genealogy rubbed shoulders with assiduity, it was not foolish to imagine the Greek hero Bellerophon as an ancestor, or even Hector of Troy as a distant relative. Alongside the historical figure of Alexander the Great, who was a model fo