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Saint Catherine: she tramples on her persecutor Maxentius, with a fragment of the shattered wheel. Engraving by A. Wierix III.

Triumph of Saint Catherine. Pen and ink drawing by J.C., 1825.

The battle of the Milvian Bridge, between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius, 312. Etching by P. Aquila, 1683, after Giulio Romano after Raphael.

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Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius Valerius, Emperor of Rome, -312

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The battle of the Milvian Bridge, between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius, 312. Etching by P. Aquila, 1683, after Giulio Romano after Raphael.

Triumph of Saint Catherine. Pen and ink drawing by J.C., 1825.

Saint Catherine: she tramples on her persecutor Maxentius, with a fragment of the shattered wheel. Engraving by A. Wierix III.