Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 236
tocracythat was obliged to obey the orders of the populace,the law of Rome was here, the opulence of Babylon,the curiosity of Athens—and the only focus of light inthe dark night round about. Christianity, which the Greeks of Rome were propa-gating in the night of the catacombs by means of theimage,… … Rome. Portrait of a deceased person, fresco. (Catacombs.) 210 MEDIEVAL ART the appeal of the apostles of Galilee had rendered pos-sible, through the renunciation of their revolutionaryinstinct, the coming of a social régime harder than itspredecessor; and the Byzantine autocrat, in order toassure…
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