LLM5997300: Chronophotograph showing the movement involved in a sword thrust (engraving), Marey, Etienne Jules (1830-1904) / Bridgeman Images

XIR215550: War of Duchies, Austrian and Prussian soldiers and officers fighting for Schleswig-Holstein, 1864, published in Leipzig (engraving) (b/w photo), German School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

LAL298148: Battle of Hasting, English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

LLM456387: Knight of the time of king Stephen, English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

CND191371: Henri d'Orleans (1822-97) Duke of Aumale with the Medal of the Legion of Honour, 1880 (oil on canvas), Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) / Bridgeman Images

DTO3031269: United States Model 1833 Dragoon Saber with Knot / Bridgeman Images

LAL957473: Vercingetorix put on his finest armour and surrendered (colour litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

XOS1448806: Aethra Showing her Son Theseus the Place Where his Father had Hidden his Arms, 1768 (oil on canvas) , Brenet, Nicolas Guy (1728-92) / Bridgeman Images

EVT1809460: THE CROW, Brandon Lee, 1994 / Bridgeman Images

STC136935: The Attack of the Pel, 1300, engraved by W. Maddocks, from 'Ancient Armour' by Samuel Rush Meyrick, 1824 (colour litho), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

XIR182988: Charlemagne (742-814) Tournai Workshop (tapestry), Flemish School, (15th century) / Bridgeman Images

XCZ228793: Rapier hilt (steel), Spanish School, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images

GLS314135: Tapestry depicting Mille-fleurs and Charity overcoming Envy (wool and silk), French School, (15th century) / Bridgeman Images

PVD1689834: Sword of Francois 1st (1515-1547) french king used at Pavie battle in 1525, engraving / Bridgeman Images

KWE270878: Lord Viscount Duncan's Victory, illustration from 'England's Battles by Sea and Land' by Lieut. Col. Williams (engraving), Orme, William (fl.1794-1819) (after) / Bridgeman Images

ONT95905: The Sword, 1896 (oil on canvas), Agache, Alfred Pierre (1843-1915) / Bridgeman Images

LLJ608420: Lord Clive signing the first Indian Treaty (engraving), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4592500: Orion Constellation - Constellation of Orion - Orion the Hunter is one of the most familar and best known constellations. There is extensive and varied mythology about this beautiful collection of stars, but the most common Greek legend has Orion as a giant huntsman, and he appears in this role in Homer's Odyssey. The most persistent legend seems to be that he died from the sting of a giant scorpion, which was placed in the sky so that Orion sets as the Scorpius rises, in an eternal chase across the sky. The momorable outline of the Hunter proudly bestrides the celestial equator and is equally visible from both hemispheres. The distinctive, equally spaced line of stars of Orion's Belt are more or less on the equator and are framed by quartet of bright and colourful stars. More subtle is Orions short sword, hanging from his belt. Under dark skies or in binoculars the central 'star' is distinctly misty. This is the famous Orion nebula, one of many well known telescopic objects that fill this part of the sky. The westernmost Orion Belt star delta Orionis (Minkata) is about a quarter of a degree of arc south of the celestial equator and all three belt stars are within 2 degrees of it. This means they rise and set due east or west of the observer and track the equator across the sky during the night, tracing straight lines in star trail photographs. Note that Orion is upside down as seen from the southern hemisphere, where it is often called 'the saucepan', with the Belt stars forming the base and the Sword stars the handle / Bridgeman Images

LLM455400: Gaul resting on his sword, Kretschmer, Albert (1825-91) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4592404: Orion Constellation - Constellation of Orion - Orion the Hunter is one of the most familar and best known constellations. There is extensive and varied mythology about this beautiful collection of stars, but the most common Greek legend has Orion as a giant huntsman, and he appears in this role in Homer's Odyssey. The most persistent legend seems to be that he died from the sting of a giant scorpion, which was placed in the sky so that Orion sets as the Scorpius rises, in an eternal chase across the sky. The momorable outline of the Hunter proudly bestrides the celestial equator and is equally visible from both hemispheres. The distinctive, equally spaced line of stars of Orion's Belt are more or less on the equator and are framed by quartet of bright and colourful stars. More subtle is Orions short sword, hanging from his belt. Under dark skies or in binoculars the central 'star' is distinctly misty. This is the famous Orion nebula, one of many well known telescopic objects that fill this part of the sky. The westernmost Orion Belt star delta Orionis (Minkata) is about a quarter of a degree of arc south of the celestial equator and all three belt stars are within 2 degrees of it. This means they rise and set due east or west of the observer and track the equator across the sky during the night, tracing straight lines in star trail photographs. Note that Orion is upside down as seen from the southern hemisphere, where it is often called 'the saucepan', with the Belt stars forming the base and the Sword stars the handle / Bridgeman Images

XJF618911: Justice, after a tarot card from the 'Gringonneur' pack (engraving), Italian School, (15th century) (after) / Bridgeman Images

SHP3649738: Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan 1451-1481, Turkish School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

PWI84012: The martyrdom of St. Fabian (panel), Benvenuto di Giovanni, (1436-c.1518) / Bridgeman Images

BAL49176: St. Paul, Storn, 16th century, Hungarian School, (16th century) / Bridgeman Images

LAL288675: Prince Arthur kills the Giant, illustration from 'The Faerie Queen' (gouache on paper), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

LAL296015: Gladiators, Payne, Roger (b.1934) / Bridgeman Images

EVT5796151: KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, Robert Taylor, Mel Ferrer, 1953 / Bridgeman Images

KWE371050: A mounted mamluk in Cairo, from 'Afrika, dets Opdagelse, Erobring og Kolonisation', published 1901 in Copenhagen (litho), Danish School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

XRD1716885: CUTTHROAT ISLAND, Geena Davis and Matthew Modine, 1995 (film still) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166676: China: Rape of Nanking - Imperial Japanese army officers who took part in a 'contest to kill a hundred people'. / Bridgeman Images

EVT2024162: Troie / Bridgeman Images

BAL98635: Two Boys Dressing Up as Soldiers (oil on canvas), Jacquand, Claude (1804-78) / Bridgeman Images

CND212598: The Marquis de Hautoy, 1774 (w/c on paper), Carmontelle, Louis Carrogis (1717-1806) / Bridgeman Images

EVT2261212: L'ile aux pirates: CUTTHROAT ISLAND, Stan Shaw, 1995, ©MGM/courtesy Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

XCF275008: The Last Shot in the Soudan, from 'The Illustrated London News', 20th June 1885 (colour litho), Woodville, Richard Caton (1825-55) (after) / Bridgeman Images

IMJ371311: Two swords (iron), Roman / Bridgeman Images