This document lists several paintings from the 19th century that depict decadent or tragic scenes from Roman history or mythology. Many of the paintings were created by Eugène Delacroix and show gruesome events like shipwrecks, battles, and orgies. The paintings portray a decline in morality during the fall of ancient empires through dramatic, dark subjects.

1. Decadent Romanticism

2. The Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault, 1819

7. The Barque of Dante
Eugène Delacroix, 1822

11. The Death of Sardanapalus
Eugène Delacroix, 1828

14. Attila and His Huns Overrun Italy and the Arts
Eugène Delacroix, 1843-1847

16. The Romans of the Decadence
Thomas Couture, 1847

20. Roman Orgy in the Time of the Caesars
Henryk Siemiradzky, 1872

21. The Suitors
Gustave Moreau, 1852

23. The Thorny Path
Thomas Couture, 1873

25. Finis: The End of All Things
Maximilian Pirner, 1887

26. Bacchanalia
Henryk Siemiradzky, 1890

27. The Last Days of Babylon
Georges Rochegrosse, 1891