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Portrait of French revolutionary leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), painting by Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, c. 1792. Palace of Versailles.

The Parthian Kingdom (also known as Arsacid, by the name of its ruling dynasty) rose to prominence c. 247 BCE in the vacuum created by the collapse of the Seleucid Empire. In the centuries that followed, the Parthian Empire grew to encompass...

A battle helmet from the Sikh empire dating to the first half of the 19th century. Long obsolete elsewhere, chainmail and armour were still being worn, largely for visual effect, by Sikh cavalry during, for example, the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-9...

A painting by J. Harris of the Battle of Sobraon, 10 February 1846. The battle saw the British East India Company defeat the Sikh Empire and so win the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). (National Army Museum, London)

A detail from the c. 1858 title page of a collection of lithographs The Campaign in India 1857-58 showing Bengal sepoy infantry of the British East India Company. (National Army Museum, London)

A cannon used by the Sikh Empire during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) against the British East India Company. This example was captured after the Battle of Ferozeshah in December 1845. The photograph was taken by John Constantine Stanley...

French Revolutionary journalist Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) spends time with his wife Lucille (1771-1794) and child Horace-Camille (1792-1825), oil on canvas, formerly attributed to Jacques-Louis David, c. 1792. Palace of Versailles...

Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794), one of the most famous journalists during the French Revolution (1789-1799), oil on canvas by an anonymous painter, c. 1790. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

A map illustrating the scope and organization of the Roman provinces in North Africa. Since the establishment of the first Roman territory on the continent (roughly corresponding to modern Tunisia) in 146 BCE following the destruction of...

An 1846 illustration showing soldiers of the Sikh empire during the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-9) against the British East India Company. (By Lieut. G. F. Atkinson, London Illustrated News)