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Committee of Public Safety
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Committee of Public Safety

In the French Revolution (1789-1799), the Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité De Salut Public) was a political body created to oversee the defense of the French Republic from foreign and domestic enemies. To achieve this goal, the...
Committee of Public Safety Emblem, 1794
Image by Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

Committee of Public Safety Emblem, 1794

Committee of Public Safety emblem, 1794. Designed by Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois.
Roman Mosaic Showing the Transport of an Elephant
Image by Carole Raddato

Roman Mosaic Showing the Transport of an Elephant

Roman mosaic from Veii (Isola Farnese, Italy) depicting an African elephant being loaded onto a ship, 3rd-4th century CE. Now in Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany.
Georges Danton
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Georges Danton

Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) was a French lawyer who became a prominent leader of the French Revolution (1789-1799). Danton played a major role in the overthrow of the French monarchy and the subsequent establishment of the First French...
Fall of Maximilien Robespierre
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Fall of Maximilien Robespierre

The fall of Maximilien Robespierre, or the Coup of 9 Thermidor, was a series of events that resulted in the arrests and executions of Robespierre and his allies on 27-28 July 1794. It signaled the end of the Reign of Terror, the end of Jacobin...
Power Struggles in the Reign of Terror
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Power Struggles in the Reign of Terror

The autumn of 1793 saw the Jacobins consolidate their authority in France as the Reign of Terror intensified and the Jacobins' defeated rivals were executed by guillotine. Yet the dominant Jacobins disagreed over the direction the French...
A Street in Pompeii with Stepping Stones & a Public Fountain
Image by Carole Raddato

A Street in Pompeii with Stepping Stones & a Public Fountain

A street in Pompeii with stepping stones, wheel-ruts and a public fountain with a relief of Silenus as fountain-god resting on a wineskin. The fountain is located in front of a water tower. Regio VI, corner of Via della Fortuna and Via del...
Public Monument in Portugal
Image by Kim Martins

Public Monument in Portugal

This is a public monument in Portugal that is typical of azulejos (glazed ceramic tiles) that show Portugal's proud seafaring history. Date of the panel is not known. Date the photo taken is not known.
Robespierre & the Death Penalty
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Robespierre & the Death Penalty

"I come to ask, not the gods, but legislators…to erase from the code of the French the blood laws that command judicial murders" (Robespierre, 6). These impassioned words, spoken by Maximilien Robespierre before France's National Constituent...
Lazare Carnot
Image by Louis-Léopold Boilly

Lazare Carnot

Lazare Carnot, member of the Committee of Public Safety and nicknamed "Organizer of Victory", portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly.
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