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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.

King Louis XVI of France declares war on Francis II, king of Hungary and Bohemia, in the Legislative Assembly, beginning the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797), 20 April 1792. Engraving by Johann Carl Bock, c. 1792. National Library...

Painting of the idealized image of a sans-culotte during the French Revolution. Oil on panel by Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1792. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

The crowd of Parisians sans-culottes invade the Tuileries Palace during the Demonstration of 20 June 1792. By Jan Bulthuis/Johannes Allart, c. 1800. Museum of the French Revolution, Vizille.