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The Giant Enceladus, gilt-bronze statue by Gaspar Mercy. Bosquet de l'Encélade (Gardens of Versailles).

A 1560's CE portrait of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598 CE) who was Elizabeth I of England’s most important minister for much of her reign (1558-1603 CE). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Tarquinia (Etruscan name: Tarch'na or Tarch, Roman name: Tarquinii) is a town located on the western coast of central Italy which was an important Etruscan and then Roman settlement. It is famous today as the site of around 200 Etruscan tombs...

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598 CE) was Elizabeth I of England's most important minister for much of her reign (1558-1603 CE). Lord Burghley was Secretary of State for both Edward VI of England (r. 1547-1553 CE) and Elizabeth...

The Second Siege of Zaragoza (19 December 1808 to 20 February 1809) was a bloody chapter of the Peninsular War, resulting in 10,000 dead French soldiers and 54,000 dead Spanish, including 30,000 civilians. Painting by Louis-François, Baron...

An oil painting by depicting the battle between the French army, under Napoleon (1769-1821 CE), and the Ottman army during the French invasion of Egypt in 1798 CE. Painted in 1808 CE by the French painter Louis-François, Baron Lejeune (1777-1848...

Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress consort of the French, in her coronation robes. Joséphine and her husband were coronated on 2 December 1804. Oil on canvas by Baron François Gérard, c. 1807-08...

The Battle of Borodino (7 September 1812) during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, oil on canvas painting by Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, 1822. Palace of Versailles.

Battle of Somosierra (30 November 1808), fought between a French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a Spanish army during the Peninsular War, oil on canvas by Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, 1810. Palace of Versailles.

Depiction of the Insurrectionists invading the Legislative Assembly following the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on 10 August 1792, to demand the overthrow of King Louis XVI of France during the French Revolution. Work by Francois Pascal...