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A view of Hadrian's Wall at Cuddy's Crags, looking east along the wall, half a mile west of Housesteads Roman Fort.

The remains of the Temple of Antenociticus are located in Benwell, a residential area a few miles west of the centre of Newcastle. It was a small temple to the native god Antenociticus, in the civilian settlement (vicus), which stood outside...

The Vallum Crossing at Benwell in western Newcastle is a stone-built causeway, where the road from the south crossed the Vallum earthwork (a steep-sided and flat-bottomed ditch running the length of Hadrian's Wall) on its way to Benwell fort...

The mithraeum at Carrawburgh is a temple dedicated to the god Mithras at Carrawburgh Roman Fort (Brocolitia), one of 16 forts along the 73-mile-long (117 km) Hadrian's Wall. It was built by soldiers around 200 CE and destroyed about 350 CE...

The ronin attack the principal gate of Kira's mansion, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Act XI, Scene 2 of the Chushingura.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Visiting Nikkō Shrine, woodblook print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1875. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Statue of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), Hiraizumi-cho, Japan.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646-1709), painting by Tosa Mitsuoki, 17th century. Tokugawa Art Museum.

Maglocunus Stone, one of the few existing stones with inscriptions in both Latin and Ogham script. Nevern, Pembrokeshire.

Storming of the Tuileries Palace during the French Revolution, 10 August 1792. Oil on canvas by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, 1793. Palace of Versailles.