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![[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in background; with old man and women in foreground]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NjEvMDEvMDEvYWxsZWdvcmljYWwtc2NlbmUtZHVyaW5nLXNlY29uZC1wdW5pYy13YXItc2hvd2luZy1yb21hbi1nYWxsZXlzLWluLWJhY2tncm91bmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/503/jpg "[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in background; with old man and women in foreground]")
![[Sculpture of Roman couple exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvc2N1bHB0dXJlLW9mLXJvbWFuLWNvdXBsZS1leGhpYml0ZWQtaW4tcGFsYWNlLW9mLWZpbmUtYXJ0cy1wYXJpcy1leHBvc2l0aW9uLWYzMDQyMS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Sculpture of Roman couple exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
![F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, left, with two Roman soldiers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvY3J1Y2lmaXhpb24tcHJvZmlsZS1sZWZ0LXdpdGgtdHdvLXJvbWFuLXNvbGRpZXJzLWJlNWI1ZC02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, left, with two Roman soldiers]")
![[Man dresses as Roman with raised arm standing on steps above body of another man in Roman dress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvbWFuLWRyZXNzZXMtYXMtcm9tYW4td2l0aC1yYWlzZWQtYXJtLXN0YW5kaW5nLW9uLXN0ZXBzLWFib3ZlLWJvZHktb2YtYW5vdGhlci02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Man dresses as Roman with raised arm standing on steps above body of another man in Roman dress]")
![[Two scenes at Battle of the Wilderness]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvdHdvLXNjZW5lcy1hdC1iYXR0bGUtb2YtdGhlLXdpbGRlcm5lc3MtZjcwNTdhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Two scenes at Battle of the Wilderness]")
![[Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDMvZ2F2cmlpbC1yb21hbm92aWNoLWRlcnpoYXZpbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LWQ3Mzk3MS02NDAuanBn/40/69/webp "[Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]")
![[Reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. John Archer Lejeune with a Civil War veteran]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvcmVlbmFjdG1lbnQtb2YtcGlja2V0dHMtY2hhcmdlLWF0LXRoZS1iYXR0bGUtb2YtZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1pbi1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtNC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. John Archer Lejeune with a Civil War veteran]")
