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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities: Christian and Byzantine Art

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Christian and Byzantine Art

Constantine's conversion to Christianity, then the adoption by Theodosius of the faith as the state religion, worked profound changes in Roman art. The Louvre collection is rich in so-called "paleochristian" art, which was representative of the Roman world of the 4th to 6th centuries AD.

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