ELD4874706: Ancient Rome: “” Portrait of Messalina (Valeria Messalina) (17/20-48) wife of Emperor Claude and great debauchee with her lover Caius Silius (died 48)” (Ancient rome: novel senator Gaius Silius and his lover the empress Valeria Messalina) Engraving from “The Roman Impresresses” 1888 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
XEE4155536: portrait of Otto I also known as Otto the Great (912-973) Holy Roman Emperor (Otto I of the Holy Empire Otton the Great) (Ottone I di Sassonia, detto Ottone il Grande) - engraving from “” Usi e Costumi di Tutti i i Popoli dell'Universo. Ovvero Storia del governo, delle leggi, della milizia, della religione di tutte le nazioni dai piu remoti tempi fino ai giorni nostri” 1856, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4143133: Roman political system: The consul. Jules Cesar crossed the river of Rubicon with his legions in arms on 10 January 49 BC in the footsteps of Pompee the Great (Gneo Pompeo Magno or Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, 106-48 BC) and violated the law of the Roman Senate which prohibited a Roman general from crossing the border river of the Cisalpine Gaul. Crossing the river, Jules Cesar pronounces the famous formula “Alea jacta est”” (The fate is jete). Chromolitography of the late 19th century., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4148538: Canute the Great, convinces his brokers that he does not have power to stem the tide - King Canut II The Great (Knud I the Great) (about 995-1035), King of England from 1016, of Denmark from 1018 and of Norway from 1030 - He shows to his courtiers that only God can command the marees - Engraving in “The History of England, since Les temps plus recules” by Francois Guizot, 1877, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images