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An 1820 portrait by Constance Mayer of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868). (Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna, Italy)

The Nine Muses of Greek mythology were divine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory), revered as patrons of poetry, song, history, and the arts. Early Greek tradition sometimes spoke of an earlier triad—Mneme (Memory), Melete (Practice...

The British evacuate Boston in March 1776, after the Siege of Boston (19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776), in the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Image by William James Aylward, 1911. New York Public Library.

George Washington takes command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 2 July 1775, by C. Rogers, 1832.

A c. 1807 oil on canvas portrait by John Wesley Jarvis of the Anglo-American philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809). (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)

A statue of the Anglo-American philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809). Located in Paine's hometown of Thetford in Norfolk, England.

The title page of an early edition of Common Sense by the Anglo-American philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809). The pamphlet was first published in 1776 and therein Paine argued for independence for the 13 American colonies.

A c. 1792 oil on canvas portrait by Laurent Debos of the Anglo-American philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Raja Balwant Singh of Jammu Standing, miniature painting, watercolor on paper, 145x99mm, Jammu School, 1765. Lahore Museum.

A map showing the auxiliary forts located on the eastern end of the Black Sea during the reign of Roman emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). The Caucasus region was part of the eastern frontiers of the Roman Empire. About 131 CE, Arrian (as governor...