Images

The embalmed body of the English philosopher and founder of Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). University College, London.

An illustrated portrait by H.W. Pickersgill of the English philosopher and founder of Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). (Wellcome Image Gallery)

Letter from David Forman to William Livingston describing Colonel Tye's attacks in Monmouth County, 1780. Monmouth County Historical Association.

A map illustrating the geopolitical landscape in the Mediterranean on the eve of the Mithridatic Wars (88 - 63 BCE). The aftermath of the Punic Wars had left Rome the dominant power in the Mediterranean - with Roman rule extending from the...

Artist's impression of a Roman funeral. From the video game Total War II.

Mark Antony's Oration over the Body of Caesar, oil on canvas by George Edward Robertson, c. 1894–1895. Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service.

A painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris showing Thomas Jefferson (right), Benjamin Franklin (left), and John Adams drafting the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776. (Virginia Historical Society, Library of Congress)

Cover of A Noble Ruin by W. Jeffrey Tatum

Theodore Beza (1519-1605), aged 58, oil on wood portrait by an unknown artist, 1577. Published in Histoire de la littérature en Suisse romande, vol. 1., ed. Payot-Lausanne.

Antoine de Chandieu (1534-1591), a theologian during the French Reformation, portrait by an unknown artist, 16th century. Bibliothèque de Genève.