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Artist's impression of a Roman Legion from the video game Total War Rome II.

A c. 1861 oil on canvas painting, Young Spartans Exercising, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. A typical early work of the artist when he was still interested in becoming a historical painter. The frieze-like quality...

The Matariki star cluster with known Māori names. Constellation also known as The Pleiades.

Krater decorated with Amazons fighting on horseback. From Apulia, southern Italy, c. 330-320 BCE. (Royal Museum of Mariemont)

Amphora depicting Hercules fighting the Amazon queen Hippolyte. Attributed to a painter of Bateman Group, c. 530 BCE. Attica. 21.4 cm (8.5 in). Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Terracotta plate depicting an Amazon carrying her dead comrade. Made c. 510 BCE. Attica. Black-figure pottery. 12.4 cm (5 in). (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

This black-figure vessel portrays Amazon warriors and Greeks battling each other. Attributed to the Group of Rhodes, c. 540 BCE. Black-figure pottery. 12.9 x 25.4 cm (5 1/16 x 10 in). (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

This archaic wine-mixing vessel depicts a war between Amazon warriors and Greeks. Attributed to the Group of Rhodes, c. 540 BCE. Black-figure pottery. 18.5 cm (7 1/4 in) in diameter. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Red-figure wine jar decorated with a battle between Amazons and Greeks. Attributed to the Amazon Painter, mid-4th century BCE. Attica. 43.2 cm (17 in) in height. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Statue of an Amazon on horseback. Marble. 2nd Century CE Roman copy of a 2nd Century BCE Greek original. (National Archaeological Museum of Naples)