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Red-figure pottery depicting Hercules who receives the poisoned robe with Nessus' blood. c. 430 BCE

The Central Baths at Herculaneum were laid out around the beginning of the 1st century CE and were divided into separate (larger) men's and (smaller) women facilities, each with their sequence of changing room (apodyterium...

Marine mosaic floor decorating the apodyterium (changing room) of the women's baths in Herculaneum. The Central Baths at Herculaneum were built around the beginning of the 1st century CE and were divided...

The interior of the so-called College of the Augustales in Herculaneum. The building has often been associated with the presence of the imperial cult in Herculaneum, but it might just as well be...

View of Cardo III at the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, Italy. The site is divided into three parallel streets running north-south (Cardo III, IV, and V) which have upper and lower segments (superiore and inferiore...

The seal of Edward the Confessor, king of England from 1042 to 1066 CE. (Image taken from: Samuel R. Gardiner, A Student's History of England (1915), Longmans, Green & Co., vol. 1, p. 86.)

A depiction on the Bayeux Tapestry (1067-1079 CE) of the funeral of Edward the Confessor, king of England from 1042 to 1066 CE. The building is Westminster Abbey, which Edward founded. (Centre Guillaume...

This image shows the different major types of Roman gladius hispaniensis, the most well-known sword of the Roman army. The image shows the following gladius types: - Republican Gladius - Mainz Gladius -...

Silver coin of Ardashir I (r. 224-240 CE) Minted in Ctesiphon, Sassanian Empire. British Museum

Rock relief of Ardashir I (r. 224-240 CE). Naqsh-e Rostam.