L’invasion des barbares

This painting depicts the barbarian invasions that struck the Roman Empire from the 4th century onward. Germanic peoples, driven in part by the movements of the Huns, crossed the Empire’s borders and gradually settled within its territories. The scene highlights the violence, speed, and scale of these incursions, which deeply destabilized Roman organization. These invasions, combined with internal crises, contributed to the weakening of the Western Roman Empire and paved the way for its fall in the 5th century.