Federico Barrocci’s 1598 painting Aeneas’ Flight from Troy Troy IX (ca. 85 B.C.-500 A.D.) In 85 B.C., the Roman general Gaius Flavius Fimbra sacked Troy, destroying much of the city.

Efforts are ongoing to restore Nazi-looted art, bringing closure to affected families. Recently, Tate Gallery in London is ...

"Dido and Aeneas" is Virgil’s story of Queen Dido of Carthage, who falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas but is abandoned ...

Looted by the Nazis during World War II and lost for decades, a 17th-century masterpiece is finally returning to its rightful ...

Samuel Hartveld and his wife were among those escaping Nazi persecution, leaving behind a number of belongings including the oil-on-canvas work "Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy.

It tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan leader on the run with his son, carrying his aging father on his back, escaping with other refugees the burning city of Troy, which had been laid siege by ...