Images

Roman legionary from Legio XI Claudia, 2nd-3rd century CE. Silistra Museum of History, Bulgaria.

Reenactors of Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis. Photo taken on 8 February 2009.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Means, and Eric Schweig in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Photo by Morgan Creek Productions. The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.

Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Wes Studi, and Steven Waddington in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Image by Morgan Creek Productions. The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Photo by Morgan Creek Productions The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.

Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in Outlander (2014) as North Carolina settlers. Image by Starz.

Domovoi, a Slavic household spirit, illustration by Ivan Bilibin, 1934.

A sailing ship typical of the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730) as seen through a telescope. From the TV series Black Sails. ©2014 Starz Entertainment

Antiquitates Iudaicae (Antiquities of the Jews) by Flavius Josephus in Latin translation, beginning of Book 4, in the 12th/century illuminated manuscript ms. 162, fol. 41r. Dombibliothek, Cologne.

Flavius Josephus (36-100 CE), engraving from The Works of Flavius Josephus, 19th century.