Images Dated 6th December 2011

British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Duke of Wellington ordering the entire British line to advance at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

© North Wind Picture Archives

1800s, 1815, 19th Century, Army, Art, Arthur Wellesley, Attack, Battle, Battle Of Waterloo, Belgium, British, British Army, Duke Of Wellington, English, Europe, European, France, French, Heritage, Historic, History, Horse, Horse Back, Illustration, Infantry, Military, Military History, Napoleonic War, Napoleonic Wars, Officer, Traditional, Vintage, War, Waterloo, Wellington

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

© North Wind Picture Archives

200s Bc, 216 Bc, 3rd Century Bc, Ancient, Ancient History, Ancient Roman, Ancient Rome, Army, Art, Battle, Battle Of Cannae, Bc, Cannae, Carthage, Carthaginian, Classical Civilization, Diagram, Europe, European, Hannibal, Historic, History, Illustration, Italy, Map, Military, Plan, Punic Wars, Roman, Roman Empire, Rome, Second Punic War, Vintage, War, Warfare

Maps of Italy in ancient times

Map of early tribes in Italy (top). of the Roman hills (lower left). and the vicinity of Rome (right) in the time of the Roman Empire.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

© North Wind Picture Archives

Ancient, Ancient Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient Roman, Ancient Rome, Antiquity, Art, Civilization, Classical, Classical Civilization, Europe, European, Historic, History, Illustration, Italian, Italy, Map, Regions, Roman, Rome, Territory, Tribe, Vintage