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A red-figure volute krater. 330 BCE, Tarentum. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A cup depicting an owl in the red-figure style. Attributed to the Marlay painter, third quarter 5th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Mykonos)

Cao Cao (d. 220 CE), the Chinese warlord, recites a poem prior to the Battle of Red Cliffs. (Summer Palace Beijing)

A photograph of a woman radio operator in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

Depiction of Sioux casualties at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by the Lakota Sioux Chief Red Horse, 1881, illustration from Picture Writing of the American Indians, Volume I by Garrick Mallery, 1894.

Red-figure vase depicting a bride being prepared for her wedding. Part the Adrano Group, 330-320 BCE. Sicily, Italy. Collection of the Pushkin Museum. (Image has been digitally altered for clarity)

A c. March 1942 photograph of a Soviet Red Army unit using a Maxim heavy machine gun. (Imperial War Museums)

Attic red-figure cup (kylix) depicting an athlete ready to throw the javelin, from Vulci (Italy), around 440/430 BCE. (Altes Museum, Berlin).

The Battle of Red Cliffs, 208 CE, China, between the Cao Cao and warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

Articles which were on sale in Britain during the First World War (1914-18) to raise funds for the Red Cross. The articles are made from pieces of the metal frame of a shot down Zeppelin airship. (Imperial War Museums)