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General Napoleon Bonaparte's guns fire into a mob of royalist insurrectionists during the Revolt of 13 Vendémiaire Year IV (5 October 1795), the famous "whiff of grapeshot". Drawing by Felician Myrbach, 19th century.

Famous painting of a young Napoleon Bonaparte carrying the flag at the Battle of Arcole, during his Italian campaign. Oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1796. Palace of Versailles.

General Napoleon Bonaparte commanding the French Republican troops at the revolt of 13 Vendémiaire Year IV (5 October 1795) at the church of Saint-Roch. By Yan' Dargent, 1866.

A close-up sketch of grapeshot from an American Revolution era sketch of artillery devices. Author unknown.

Revolt of 13 Vendémiaire Year IV (5 October 1795), the battle between royalist insurrectionists and French Republican soldiers under General Napoleon Bonaparte is taken to the Saint-Roch church. Image by Charles Monnet.

A map illustrating the state of Egypt at its height during the New Kingdom (c. 1570 - c. 1069 BCE). Also known as the Egyptian Empire, this period began with the reunification of Egypt under Ahmose I (around 1550 BCE) and ended c. 1070 BCE...

The Three Fates, oil on canvas by Paul Thumann, 19th century.

The Three Moirai, relief, grave of Alexander von der Mark by Johann Gottfried Schadow. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

The archaeological site of Thermos at Aetolia, Greece. It depicts Apollo Thermios' sanctuary the center of the Aetolian culture since the first millennium BCE.

Aetolian gold stater depicting a female personification of Aitolia seated on a pile of weapons. She clutches a spear in her right hand while having a little figure of Artemis at her feet. 239-229 BCE. Münzkabinett der Staatlichen...