Images

The capture of British Major John André, which exposed Benedict Arnold's treason, lithograph by John Paulding, David Williams, and Issac Vanwart, New York, Sowle and Shaw, c. 1845. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

A Proper Family Reunion, American political cartoon showing Satan and Benedict Arnold welcoming Jefferson Davis to Hell. Arnold and Davis were considered two of the most notorious traitors in US history; Arnold, a Patriot general in the American...

A portrait of Peggy Shippen, the second wife of Benedict Arnold, with one of their children, oil on canvas by Daniel Gardner, c. 1780s. Philadelphia History Museum.

A Dun Horse photographed by Javier Prazak from Argentina.

This map illustrates the geopolitical situations and theaters of conflict in Africa during World War II. The continent saw various military campaigns and battles, notably in North and West Africa, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Madagascar...

This Panathenaic prize amphora shows a quadriga chariot drawn by four horses at full speed, with the white stele (marker) representing the finish line. This vase belongs to a distinctive type given as a prize to the winner of the chariot...

A depiction of a quadriga with a charioteer waiting for the start of the chariot race on an Attic black-figure kylix, dated to 510 BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Fragment of a mosaic with a circus scene and a quadriga (chariot led by a four-horse team) racing vigorously, found in Paradas, dated to the 4th century CE. Museum of Archaeology, Seville.

A fresco of a charioteer from the green faction holding a crown and a palm branch, the symbols of victory, from the Antonine period (mid-2nd century CE). Caseggiato degli Aurighi (Building of the Charioteers) in Ostia Antica.

Fresco from a Lucanian tomb depicting a chariot race. From the Necropolis of Gaudo, 340-330 BCE. Paestum Archaeological Museum, Italy.