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An illustration of the complexity and dynamics of the Ancient Roman society and social order. Ancient Roman society was structured along the lines of wealth, political privilege, ancestry, citizenship, and freedom (it was also unquestionably...

An 1847 photograph by Louis-Auguste Bisson of the Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin (1810-49).

An 1838 portrait by Eugène Delacroix of the Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin (1810-49). The portrait is a detail of a painting also featuring Aurore Dudevant (1804-76), better known by her pseudonym George Sand. (Louvre Museum...

After a nine-month siege, Austrian Field Marshal Dagobert von Wurmser surrenders the fortress of Mantua to French General Jean Sérurier on 2 February 1797, marking the completion of the French conquest of northern Italy during Napoleon's...

French General Barthélemy Joubert leads his division at the Battle of Rivoli (14-15 January 1797). Image by an unknown artist.

Scene depicting the Battle of Rivoli, 14 January 1797. By Scan d'Arnaud Gaillard from A. Hugo, France Militaire Histoire des armées françaises de terre et de mer de 1792 à 1833 Tome 1, Delloye, Paris, 1835.

Portrait of József Alvinczi (1735-1810), a commander of the Austrian army who fought Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Arcole and the Battle of Rivoli and was recognized by Bonaparte as his most capable opponent during Napoleon's Italian...

General Napoleon Bonaparte leading the charge over the bridge on the first day of the Battle of Arcole (15 November 1796). Illustration from John Clark Ridpath's Ridpath’s History of the World, 1901.

A map depicting the initial phase of the Arcole campaign, showing the advances of Alvinczi and Davidovich and the Battle of San Michele, the Second Battle of Bassano, and the Battle of Calliano.

The former home in Beverly Hills, California of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943).