The wayward, hostile and sinful

The wayward, hostile and sinful

Alaric (370–411) – revenge of an underestimated ally, meaning a strike at the very heart of the Empire

The wayward, hostile and sinful

Attila (approx. 400–453) – divine whip and the nemesis of Rome, a figure between myth and reality

The wayward, hostile and sinful

Galileo (1564–1642) – the one who dared to ridicule the pope

The wayward, hostile and sinful

Genseric (approx. 390–477) – a Vandal, who brought Rome to its knees

The wayward, hostile and sinful

Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) – a long life after death of the martyr of defiant thought

The wayward, hostile and sinful

Liutprand of Cremona (920? – 972?) – a vicious, biased and partial chronicler

The wayward, hostile and sinful

Pietro Aretino (1492–1556) – the father of yellow journalism and literary pornography