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...Estonia was first mentioned in about 100AD by the Roman historian Tacitus, who spoke of the “Aesti” fishermen and amber-gatherers on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea....
...The aim was to create a political-historical altarpiece, numinous with sacred excitement, but painted with impulsive ferocity exactly matching Tacitus’s account of barbarian liberty....
...There is no flash, no airs and graces, none of the self-conscious minimalism of a Tacitus or an AJP Taylor....
...Nevertheless, a multimedia projection of the painted ceiling of the palace’s main hall, the Salone del Cinquecento, gives an idea of the grandeur of its allegories and battle scenes enclosed within gilded...
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