This painting, created by the French artist Odilon Redon (c. 1840–1916), was inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. Redon described his painting as The...
Luo Guanzhong (14th century)
"Simply bring in a woman and strategies will
succeed."
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (chapter 9) by Luo Guanzhong and translated...
After suffering several raids from the Lombards between 570 and 575, the Frankish King Guntram of Burgundy (r. 561-593) decided to take preventative action...
This painting, created by the French artist Odilon Redon (c. 1840–1916), was inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. Redon described his painting as The...
The Italian artist, Pinturicchio (c. 1454–1513), created this painted panel to adorn the Palace of Pandolfo Petrucci, who held despotic power in Siena, Italy,...
Jonathan Swift (c. 1667-1745)
"Sometimes a war is entered upon, because the enemy is too strong, and sometimes because he is too weak. Sometimes our...
This illustration, by the Italian artist Bartolomeo Pinelli (c. 1781-1835), depicts Julius Caesar’s famous crossing of the Rubicon—a small stream that, in Caesar’s day,...
Sun Tzu (sayings recorded between 6th-3rd century BCE)
"With an understanding of
Weakness and
Strength,
An army
Can strike
Like a millstone
Cast at an egg."
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War...
This painting, created by the French artist Odilon Redon (c. 1840–1916), was inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. Redon described his painting as The...
This action-packed painting was created by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (c. 1863–1930), an American artist known for making artworks inspired by the history of...
Thucydides (c. 460-400 BCE) was an Athenian general and historian who lived through the Peloponnesian War (c. 431-404 BCE) between Athens and Sparta. He...
This painting, created by the French artist Odilon Redon (c. 1840–1916), was inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. Redon described his painting as The...
The Italian artist, Pinturicchio (c. 1454–1513), created this painted panel to adorn the Palace of Pandolfo Petrucci, who held despotic power in Siena, Italy,...
This peculiar illustration, created by the German artist Johann Wilhelm Baur (c. 1600-1642), recreates a sad myth about the Heliades—a name given to the...
This painting, created by the French artist Odilon Redon (c. 1840–1916), was inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. Redon described his painting as The...
The Italian artist, Pinturicchio (c. 1454–1513), created this painted panel to adorn the Palace of Pandolfo Petrucci, who held despotic power in Siena, Italy,...
Jonathan Swift (c. 1667-1745)
"I dare engage, these creatures have their titles and distinctions of honour; they contrive little nests and burrows, that they call...
This painting was created by the American artist, Tompkins Harrison Matteson (c. 1813–1884), and is housed within the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts....
Margery Kempe (c. 1373-1439+)
"It is a pity that money should succeed before truth."
The Book of Margery Kempe (Book 1, chapter 25), dictated by Margery...
This illustration, created by the German artist Joseph Martin Kronheim (c. 1810–1896), depicts the final moments of King Edward the Martyr of England, who...
The so-called Samnites were an ancient federation of Oscan-speaking tribes that controlled a large territory around the Apennine Mountain range in Central Italy. At...
Pierre Paul Prud'hon (c. 1758–1823) died when he was nearing the completion of this painting, and the finishing touches were applied by his student,...
This painting, loosely inspired by the biblical story of Samson and Delilah, was created by the Spanish artist, José Etxenagusia Errazquin (also known as...
After suffering several raids from the Lombards between 570 and 575, the Frankish King Guntram of Burgundy (r. 561-593) decided to take preventative action...
This painting, by the French artist Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (c. 1725–1805), tells the story of the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar’s, reaction upon his learning of...
Semiramis was a legendary and mythologized figure whose tales likely were built around the historical Assyrian Queen Sammu-Ramat, who held power as a regent...
Virgil (c. 70-19 BCE)
"Since Fortune's got the upper hand,
let's follow her where she calls and change course."
From The Aeneid (Book V) by Virgil, translated...
