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Map of the Growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire
The rise and spread of Christianity (1st–5th centuries CE) traces the transformation of a small, decentralized religious movement in Roman Judea into a faith that reshaped the political, social, and...
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Caligula Deposits His Mother's Ashes in the Tomb
Caligula Depositing the Ashes of his Mother and Brother in the Tomb of his Ancestors, oil on canvas painting by Eustache Le Sueur, c. 1647. Depicted here is Emperor Caligula as he places the ashes of...
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Agrippina and Germanicus
Agrippina and Germanicus, oil on panel painting by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1614. Here, Rubens depicts Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus, a power couple of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty in the early years of the Roman Empire...
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Portrait of Agrippina the Elder
Marble portrait of Agrippina the Elder (Agrippina Major) from the 1st century CE, photograph by Didier Descouens, 11 May 2023.
National Archeological Museum of Venice.
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Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus
Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, oil on canvas painting by Benjamin West, 1768. Depicted here is Agrippina the Elder in late 19 CE as she returns to Brundisium...
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The Classical Orders of Architecture - From Greece to Rome, the Five Pillars of Architectural Design
The five classical orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite, form a codified system of proportion, decoration, and structural logic...
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Ruins of Uruk
The Uruk archaeological site at Warka in Iraq, photo by SAC Andy Holmes (RAF), 2008.
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House of Bonaparte (Imperial House of France) 1804 - 1873 - Napoleon: Empire, Family & Power in 19th-Century
The House of Bonaparte was a short-lived but highly influential European dynasty that rose to prominence during the upheavals of the French Revolutionary...
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Map of the British-American War of 1812
The War of 1812 (1812–1815) was a transatlantic conflict between the United States and Great Britain that grew out of unresolved tensions from the Napoleonic Wars. Under President James Madison (in office 1809–1817...
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Uruk-Period Beveled Rim Bowl
Beveled rim bowl, from Nippur, Late Uruk period, c. 3300–3100 BCE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
