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Queen Zenobia before Emperor Aurelianus
Queen Zenobia before Emperor Aurelianus. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770). Oil on canvas. Prado Museum.

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The Abbey of Monte Casino
The abbey of Monte Casino, illustration by Francesco Cassiano De Silva from Giovanni Battista Pacichelli's Il regno di Napoli in prospettiva, Naples, 1703.

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Samson Captured by the Philistines
A painting depicting a scene of the Bible where Samson, one of the ancient Israelite judges, was being captured by his enemies Philistines after Delilah, his lover, betrayed him. Oil on Canvas. Created in 1619 by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco...

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Proba
Faltonia Proba teaching the history of the world since the Creation through her Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi. Miniature from a 15th-century CE manuscript of the De mulieribus claris by Giovanni Boccaccio.

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Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon
Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), 1624 CE, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Robert Guiscard with Pope Nicholas II
Robert Guiscard (c. 1015-1085) is proclaimed Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily by Pope Nicholas II, illustration from the Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani, 14th century.

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Hector and Andromache
Hector and Andromache by Giovanni Maria Benzoni
1871 CE

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Annunciation
Annunciation, tempera on panel by Fra Angelico, 1430.
Museo della Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie, San Giovanni Valdarno.

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Polada Culture Pot
Clay pot, Polada Culture, Abitato del Lavagnone, Bronze Age, 1800-1600 BCE.
Giovanni Rambotti Civic Archaeological Museum, Desenzano del Garda, Italy.

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Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva
As described by the Roman historian Livy (1st century BC), the youthful Massiva was the nephew of a prince of Numidia in present-day Algeria who had supported Scipio Africanus (a Roman general so known because of his conquests in North Africa...