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Map of a Circumnavigation of the Black Sea c. 130 CE - Arrian of Nicomedia’s Periplus Ponti Euxini
The Periplus Ponti Euxini (“Circumnavigation of the Black Sea”), written by Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86–after 146 CE), is a major example of Roman geographical and administrative writing from the early 2nd century CE. A periplus, from the...
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Seven Invasions of Great Britain, 43-1940. - Major Foreign Attempts to Conquer the Island
Great Britain’s insular position has long made it both protected and coveted. Situated between the North Sea and the Atlantic, the island commanded important maritime routes and offered political, economic, and strategic advantages to those...
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Stancioff House or Landon House, Maryland - Site of the Sabers and Roses Ball of 1862
Stancioff House, photograph by Acroterion, Urbana, Maryland, USA, 12 March 2009.
The Stancioff House, also known as the Landon House, was the site of J. E. B. Stuart's Sabers and Roses Ball of 8 September 1862.
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Heros von Borcke, 1864 - The Prussian Confederate Officer
Portrait of Heros von Borcke in 1864, original copyright by E. O. Wiggins, c. 1914. Von Borcke (1835-1895) was a Prussian Confederate who served under J. E. B. Stuart in the American Civil War. Best known for his Memoirs of the Confederate...
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Map of the Late Bronze Age Collapse and Transfromation - Interconnected political, economic & environmental breakdown
The Late Bronze Age Collapse and Transformation (c. 1250–1100 BCE) was a period of major political, economic, and social disruption across the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. Highly interconnected palace-based states...
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Map of Europe at the End of WW I, 1918 - After the Great War - Between Empire, Revolution, and Peace
The end of the First World War (1914–1918) transformed Europe and the Near East through the military defeat of the Central Powers and the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman empires. Although the Armistice of Compiègne...
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Lieutenant General Winfield Scott in 1862
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott at West Point, N.Y., photograph by Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 10 June 1862.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Maria DeHart Mayo in 1831 - Wife of Winfield Scott
Maria DeHart Mayo (1789–1862), wife of General Winfield Scott, oil on canvas by Asher Brown Durand, 1831.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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General Winfield Scott in 1835
General Winfield Scott at the age of 49, painting by George Catlin, 1835.
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Winged Nike Relief in Ephesus
Winged Nike relief, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Ephesus, Selçuk, İzmir, Türkiye, 2 March 2026. This marble relief of the Greek goddess of victory Nike (known to the Romans as Victoria) is dated to the 1st-2nd century CE. The relief...
