8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca

In the year 615, the Persian King Chosroes steals the wood, setting it up as an object of worship. The Eastern Emperor Heraclius wages war on the Persian King and, having defeated him, returns to Jerusalem with the Holy Wood.

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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
1452-66
Fresco, 329 x 747 cm
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo



Legend of the True Cross
1. Death of Adam
2. Procession of the Queen of Sheba; Meeting between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon
3. Burial of the Holy Wood
4. Vision of Constantine
5. Constantine's Victory over Maxentius
6. Torture of the Jew
7. Finding and Recognition of the True Cross
8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
9. Exaltation of the Cross
Annunciation
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