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The title page of an early edition of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), first published in 1776. (John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library)

A 1779 oil on canvas portrait by Joshua Reynolds of the English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (Private Collection)

A lithographic print by H. Alken titled The Brighton Mail on Sunday, December 25, 1836. Printed by R. Havell of London. (Private Collection)

The title page of Treatise on Human Nature by the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). A key text of the Enlightenment, it was first published in 1740. The quote from Tacitus reads: "It is the rare happiness of these days that one...

During his famous midnight ride, Paul Revere wakes the residents of the town of Lexington, including Samuel Adams and John Hancock who are hiding there, in the hours before the Battles of Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775). Painting by...

Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-1775), one of the most influential Boston revolutionaries in the leadup to the American Revolutionary War, playing a vital role in organizing the Battles of Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775) and in the Battle of...

Gold Stater of Tiberius Julius Cotys II (r. 123/4-131/2 CE), a prince and Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, struck under Roman emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). Issue: Year ΕΚΥ (425) (128/9 CE). Obverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ; diademed...

The mausoleum of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) in the Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh.

A statue of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). Located on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

A 1766 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)