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The Roman Empire under Hadrian (reign 117–138 CE) represented a shift from the territorial expansion associated with Trajan (reign 98–117 CE) toward consolidation...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire emerged from renewed Assyrian state-building in northern Mesopotamia during the early first millennium BCE. Under Adad-nirari II (reign...

An 1860s photograph of Major General William S. Rosecrans (1819-98) of the US Union Army who served in the American Civil War. Library of Congress

A photograph showing damage inflicted on the US aircraft carrier Yorktown during the Battle of Midway of June 1942 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). The Yorktown was ultimately sunk in the battle...

A photograph showing the Imperial Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier Soryu taking evasive action while under attack by US forces. The carrier was destroyed at the Battle of Midway of June 1942 during...

A photograph of the Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, destroyed at the Battle of Midway of June 1942 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). Naval History & Heritage Command

A 1941 aerial photograph of US-held Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, location of the Battle of Midway of June 1942 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). Naval History & Heritage Command

The Bayeux Tapestry, created in the late 11th century, probably in England for a Norman patron, is one of the most important surviving visual sources for the Norman...

Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830, oil on canvas by Eugène Delacroix, September to December 1830. Depicted here in Delacroix's painting is the bare-breasted allegorical...

A post-war photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966) who famously commanded the US Pacific Fleet in the Second World War (1939-45).