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Colossus Of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the sun god Helios measuring 34 metres, towers over the island's harbour, circa 250 BC. Completed in 280 BC, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but was destroyed by an earthquake in 224 BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Battle of Pharsalus

The Battle of Pharsalus in Greece during Caesar's Civil War, 9th August 48 BC. Julius Caesar's troops were victorious over Pompey the Great, despite their vastly inferior numbers. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot oil on canvas. Jean-Simon Berthelemy (1743-1811)

Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot oil on canvas. Jean-Simon Berthelemy (1743-1811) French history painter. Legend is, in 333 BC at Gordium, Phrygia, Alexander the Great, unable to untie the knot, sliced it with his sword. Alexandrian solution

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