Images

A representation of Achilles riding his chariot and holding the head of Hector, the Trojan prince, after emerging victorious from the combat between the two epic heroes.

Gutenberg Bible, printed by Johann Gutenberg, Mainz, c. 1455. Rare Books Division, Lenox Library.

Printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg (l. c. 1398-1468). Gutenberg Museum, Mainz.

A visualization of Scythian noblewomen in traditional festive garb. Special thanks to Patrick Scott Smith for his research and input.

Portrait of Michael Kutuzov (Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Prince of Smolensk) (1745-1813), oil on canvas by Józef Oleszkiewicz, 1810s. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

Menshikov Palace, St. Petersburg.

Portrait of Mikhail Kutuzov (1747-1813), oil on canvas by George Dawe, 1829. State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.

Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon, 1793, by Édouard Detaille. Musée de l'armée, Paris.

The young Napoleon Bonaparte studying at the military academy at Brienne-le-Chateau, France, c. 1780. Litho by Job (pseudonym of Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville), published in Bonaparte by Georges Montorgueil, Boivin & Cie, Paris...

Pasquale Paoli, Corsican general, politician and patriot, oil on canvas portrait by William Beechey, c. 1810.