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A gold Byzantine nomisma coin depicting Emperor Constantine VII (r. 945-959 CE) and his son and successor Romanos II (r. 959-963 CE).

Portrait of Henry VII of England (r. 1457-1509 CE). Painted by an unknown Dutch artist c. 1505 CE. 425 mm x 305 mm (16 3/4 in x 12 in). (Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery)

A March 1918 photograph of a German Fokker D VII executing a loop during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

A 12th century CE illustration of Byzantine emperor Constantine VII on his deathbed (r. 945-959 CE). From the Madrid Skylitzes. (National Library, Madrid)

Portrait of Pope Pius VII, oil on panel by Jacques-Louis David, 1805. Louvre Museum, Paris.

A statue of Henry VII, King of England (r. 1485-1509), built by Harriet Addyman, 2017. The statue sits outside Pembroke Castle, south Wales, where Henry was born in 1457.

Henry VIII of England ruled as king from 1509 to 1547. The second Tudor king after his father Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509), Henry had inherited a kingdom which enjoyed both unity and sound finances. Famous for his six wives as he searched...

Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last queen of Ancient Egypt before it was annexed as a province of Rome. Cleopatra VII Philopator lived between circa 69 and 30 BCE and ruled Ancient Egypt as queen between 51 and 30 BCE. She was the last...

The iconic cinematic performance of Elizabeth Taylor in the motion picture Cleopatra (1963) left a lasting impression of the Egyptian queen’s supposed beauty. Despite its emphatic opulence, the movie still implies that Cleopatra could only...

The buccaneers were privateers who attacked enemies of their state, namely Spain, in the Caribbean and on the American coast (the Spanish Main) throughout the 17th century. Initially hunters and then seamen and soldiers, the buccaneers successfully...