Rome and Politics (3)

Images from Rome's Political History The Roman Church's rise in, and exercise of, political power through the ages has been detailed in many books and could rightly merit a Standard Bearer article or two. For our purposes, though, we shall just mention some of the most outstanding instances and images, before moving on to Rome's current policies. * Pope Leo I's saving the city of Rome from Attila the Hun by his last-ditch mediation (452). * the Donation of Constantine, a forged Roman...