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Gladiatorial Combat in Ancient Rome
Artist's impression of what gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome may have looked like. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.
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Map of the Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny) of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a transformative uprising that shook British rule in South Asia. Sparked in May 1857 by mutinous sepoys ((from Persian sepāhī, for soldier)) of the East India Company...
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Golden Apple of Discord
The wedding of Thetis and Peleus - Golden Apple of Discord by Jacob Jordaens, after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1633.
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Eris
Eris depicted on an Attic black-figure kylix, 575-525 BCE.
Altes Museum, Berlin.
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Eris at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Discordia (Eris, the goddess of the twist) throws a golden apple for the goddesses present to disturb the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, miniature in Jean Miélot's adaptation of Christine de Pisan, L'Epître...
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Prison Guards Taunting the Black Hole of Calcutta Prisoners
An early 20th-century illustration showing guards taunting the inmates of the Black Hole of Calcutta. Following the capture of the East India Company's Fort William in June 1756, a number of...
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Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta
The memorial plaque from the 1902 monument commemorating the victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta incident in 1756. St John's Churchyard, Kolkata, India.
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Nobles in Aksum
Artist's impression of a noble couple at a palace in Aksum. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.
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Greek Bireme on an Etruscan Water Jar
Black-figure hydria from Vulci, Etruria, attributed to the Micali Painter, c. 510-500 BCE. The British Museum, London This Italiote reproduction of the Greek naval invasion of Troy based on the Iliad is shaped...
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Fort William, Calcutta
A view of Fort William, Calcutta in the 1750s when it was commanded by the British East India Company. The fort was captured by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, in June 1756. Captured British soldiers who had defended...
