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The legionary base at Lambaesis in modern-day Algeria was founded shortly before Hadrian's (r. 117-138 CE) visit to the North African provinces in 128 CE. It was the camp of the third legion (Legio III Augusta). The camp covered an area of...

A map of the primary regions of ancient Greece's mainland along with its northern neighboring tribes.

A mid-19th-century illustration showing the siege of Multan by the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) against the Sikh Empire.

Memorial for the Battle of Hondschoote, 1793.

Map depicting the Siege of Dunkirk and Battle of Hondschoote, between an Anglo-Hanoverian force commanded by the Duke of York and Marshal Freytag, and an army of the French Republic led by Jean-Nicolas Houchard and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan...

Field Marshal Freytag and Prince Adolphus of Great Britain are captured by French troops during a retreat on the first day of the Battle of Hondschoote, 6 September 1793, during the War of the First Coalition. Prince Adolphus quickly escaped...

Portrait of General Jean-Nicolas Houchard (1739-1793) who led the French Army of the North to victory against the Coalition at the Battle of Hondschoote, 6-8 September 1793. Houchard's failure to follow up on his victory led to his arrest...

Battle of Hondschoote, 6-8 September 1793; victory of the French Republic over a Coalition army. By Boussod & Valadon after a painting by Eugène Lami, 1890.

Front page of the "Address to the National Assembly", an anti-slavery pamphlet written by the French abolitionist group Société des amis des noirs ("Society of the Friends of the Blacks") in 1790.

A mid-19th-century illustration by Henry Martens showing the battle of Gujrat on 21 February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Sikh Empire. The EIC won the battle and the war...