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When we see reconstructions of ancient Rome, we are quite amazed at how large this city must have appeared 1700 years ago. On these paintings here by Joseph Bühlmann, which he painted in 1887 and 1888, we can see Rome at the zenith of its splendour. It must have been quite a sight to behold, and Bühlmann in my opinion perfectly captures the might and splendour of Rome at the zenith of its might, when it reached its greatest extent. This was surprisingly late, in fact, Rome reached its largest extent in the early 300s AD, and Bühlmann chose the triumph of the emperor Constantine as a backdrop for his paintings, after Constantine defeated Maxentius at the famous battle of the Milvian Bridge, about which we of course will talk in a separate video. Because the fate of the world was decided in this battle, and it therefore deserves a lot of analysis, and will serve as a branching point for alternate history considerations.
So we are surprised to find Rome reaching the zenith of its might quite late in its history, in 312 AD. It is one of these ironies of history that Rome reached its peak not so long before the decline started. In fact we shall see that it was Constantine himself who is celebrated in this triumph like in the old traditions, who would initiate the decline and eventual downfall of the city of Rome.