ELD4853483: Roman antiquite, Hydrangea spokesman for the Roman matrones hit by a special tax, defend their cause against the tiumvirs in 42 BC (Hortensia, leader of the roman matrones hit by a new tax, advocates for them to the Triumviri, 42 BC) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) taken from “” Storia d'Italia” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853958: Roman antiquite: the Roman emperor Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) chases his daughter Julie (Julia Caesaris filia) (39 BC-14), guilty of adultery, in exile on the island of Pandateria, 2 BC” (Roman emperor Augustus exiles his adultery daughter Julia the Elder on the island of Pandateria) Illustration by Tancredi Pelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4850418: The origin of the division between the black and white Guelfi clans (Guelfi bianchi e neri) comes from a fight in a tavern between two half-brothers to the meres named Bianca and Nera, Pistoia, 1294-1296) (Division between white Guelphs and black Guelphs takes origin in an inn where two brother in law fought in Pistoia, 1294 - 1296) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from Storia d'Italia” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4856060: Portrait of Jean de Medicis known as Jean des Bands Noires (Giovanni dalle Bande Nere) (1498-1526) Italian condottiere Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images