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Pisistratus by trickery deprives Solon of his sovereignty, illustration in Sylvain Maréchal's History of Greece, c. 1790. The scene depicted here is the arrival of a wounded Pisistratus (c. 600-527 BCE) to the Athenian agora, claiming to...

Panathenaic Games prize amphora, terracotta vase decorated by the Euphiletos Painter, c. 530 BCE. The artwork on this vase is attributed to the Athenian artist known today as the Euphiletos Painter (c. 550 to c. 500 BCE), perhaps best known...

Bust of Pisistratus, Roman plaster cast of original 5th-century Greek marble statue. While there is dispute about the exact figure depicted by this bust, its likeness has been attributed to Pisistratus (c. 600-527 BCE), the populist tyrant...

In Principio window, photograph by Sena Bolek, 2025. A stained-glass window on the northern side of the Mitchell Vestibule at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The In Principio window was designed by Arthur G. Benfield...

Statue of Benjamin Rush Milam, hero of the Siege of Béxar, photograph by Jonhall, San Antonio, Texas, 12 July 2010. An American colonist in the then-Mexican territory of Texas, Milam partook in the Mexican War of Independence and later the...

Sarcophagus in San Fernando Cathedral, photograph by Svs220, San Antonio, Texas, August 2008. The remains of the defenders at the Battle of the Alamo are said to be held within; among them being William Barret Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy...

Plaque commemorating the fall of William Barret Travis, photograph by Betsy Mark, San Antonio, Texas, 2004. William Barret Travis, an instrumental figure of the Texas independence movement, perished at the Battle of the Alamo on 06 March...

James W. Fannin, painting by unknown artist, included in Exploring the Alamo Legends by Wallace O. Chariton, p. 134, c. 1820s. A planter and American military officer during the Texas Revolution, Fannin served with the Texian army, fought...

Memorial stone of the Battle of Gonzalez, photograph by It'sOnlyMakeBelieve, Gonzalez, Texas, 15 December, 2017. This memorial stone purports to be on the exact spot the Battle of Gonzalez began on 02 October, 1835, which was one of the...

Mission Concepción, Spanish colonial stone church, photograph by Liveon001 ©Travis Witt, San Antonio, Texas, 27 June 2010. This unrestored stone church was the site of the Battle of Concepción on 28 October 1835 and was one of the first...