Warfare Collection

Battle of Cannae plan, 216 BC
Map of the Battle of Cannae, in which Hannibal defeated the Romans during the Second Punic War, 216 BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Greeks holding the pass of Thermopylae, 480 BC
Greeks under Leonidas holding off the Persian invasion at Thermopylae, 480 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Use of an arquebusse, 16th century
Spanish arquebusier, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Mongol soldiers demonstrating their horsemanship
Mongol warriors showing their horsemanship to the Chinese forces of Hung-Wu. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Battle of Marathon, 490 BC
Athenians repel Persian invaders at the Battle of Marathon, 490 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Xerxes bridge of boats across the Hellespont, 480 BC
Bridge of boats built by Xerxes Persian army across the Hellespont to invade Greek territory, 480 BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ottoman Turk massacre of Greeks at Chios, 1822
Massacre of Greeks by the Turks on the Aegean Island of Chios, 1822. Printed halftone reproduction of a 19th-century painting by Delacroix

Defeat of Athenian army at Syracuse, 413 BC
Destruction of the Athenian army at Syracuse, 413 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Trojan War battle
Combat around the body of Patrocles, Trojan War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Helen of Troy, wife of Menelaus, taken from Greece
Capture of Helen by Paris, causing the Trojan War, according to Homer. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a vase painting

Battering rams used in a medieval siege
Army besieging a medieval fortified town using battering rams. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Siege of a medieval walled town
Moveable siege tower, archers, and cannon of medieval warfare. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Siege machine, used in ancient and medieval warfare. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Greek fire used in ancient warfare
Machine for throwing Greek fire, used in ancient times. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an earlier illustration

Persians defeated at the Battle of Platae, 479 B. C
Greeks repelling the Persian army under Mardonius at the Battle of Plataea, 479 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Macedonian phalanx, Battle of the Carts
Macedonian army using their shields in a phalanx formation, Battle of the Carts. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Battering-ram
Suspended battering-ram for siege warfare. Hand-colored woodcut from Groses Military Antiquities

Roman women fearful of Carthaginian invasion, Punic Wars
Roman women supplicating the gods to save the city from Hannibal and the Carthaginians, 216 BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Roman defeat of the Carthaginians at Mylae, 260 BC
Roman naval victory over the Carthaginians at Mylae during the First Punic War, 260 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Soldiers in battle, ancient Greece
Soldiers fighting, wearing heavy and light armor, ancient Greece. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a vase painting

Destruction of Carthage by the Romans
Carthage destroyed by the Roman army in the Third Punic War, 146 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Greek soldier
Warrior of ancient Greece. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an ancient vase paiinting

Elephants and chariots in a battle, Roman Empire
Military battle using armored elephants and chariots in the time of the Roman Empire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Combat around the body of Patrocles in the Trojan War
Greeks and Trojans around the body of Patrocles, Trojan Wars. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Chief Opecancanough arousing Native Americans against Virginia colonists, 1622. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Enemy Native American village set afire, Florida
Native Americans attacking enemy village by shooting burning moss to set it afire, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from Theodore Debry, from a painting by LeMoyne

US Cavalry attacking a Sioux Indian village, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Sailing-ship firing on a fort in Jamaica during colonial times. Hand-colored woodcut

Red Cross field hospital in Bohemia, 1866
Red Cross field hospital in a railway station in Bohemia, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Catapaults used in ancient times
Catapaults used in siege warfare, ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Trojan Horse delivered by the Greeks
Trojan Horse delivered to the city of Troy by the Greek army. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Destruction of John Smiths ship by the Spanish, ending his New England venture. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Francis Marion, the " Swamp Fox, " riding through a Carolina forest during the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century painting

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British retreat from Concord under fire from colonial Minutemen in ambush, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Women of Carthage sacrifice their hair and jewels to buy weapons to defend against the Roman invasion. 146 BC. Hand-colored halftone

American marksman in a tree firing at British soldiers, Revolutionary War. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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