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Edinburgh Castle, towering atop Castle Rock, has served Scotland for centuries, at one time or another acting as a fortress, royal residence, seat of government, armoury, and prison. The scene of countless sieges, royal births and deaths...

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer best known for his operas La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. Puccini drew inspiration from a wide range of literary sources, and his late Romantic music with its immortal...

Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger (6 November 15 - 19/23 March 59 CE) was a prominent woman during the early Roman Empire, niece to Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE) and Claudius (41-54 CE), whom she married, sister of Caligula (r. 37-41 CE...

Lucius Aelius Seianus or Sejanus (20 BCE-31 CE) was the commander of the praetorian guard under the emperor Tiberius (14-37 CE). Coming from an obscure equestrian family, he managed to become one of the closest advisor of Tiberius, hoping...

A photographic portrait of the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924).

Pope Innocent III (not to be confused with anti-pope Innocent III), r. 1198-1216 CE, is depicted in this print from Chronologia Summorum Romanorum Pontificum, published in 1675 CE. The text at the bottom reads "Innocent III, ". Measures 120...

A 1904 poster advertising the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), the year of its premiere in La Scala, Milan. Designed by Leopoldo Metlicovitz, published by Ricordi.

An 1896 poster advertising the opera La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), the year of its premiere in Turin. Designed by Adolfo Hohenstein, published by Ricordi.

A 1910 photograph of the composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) and the conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957). (The New York Public Library)

This marble statue of a young man on a horse back appears to represent a Roman prince of the ruling Julio-Caludian Dynasty. It was restored in the 16th century CE by the Italian Renaissance architect and sculptor Giacomo della Porta. From...