Louis XIV and the zenith of the French monarchy

Robert the Bruce and the struggle for Scottish independence

Charles XII and the collapse of the Swedish empire, 1682-1719

Charles XII, and the collapse of the Swedishempire

Pericles and the golden age of Athens

Charles XII

William the Conqueror and the rule of the Normans

Theodoric the Goth

Charles the Bold, last duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477

Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery

Canute the Great, 995 (circ)-1035

Canute the Great

Blücher and the uprising of Prussia against Napoleon, 1806-1815

Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system

Wellington, soldier and statesman

Louis 14 and the zenith of the French monarchy

Lorenzo de' Medici and Florence in the fifteenth century

Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire

Canute the Great, 995 (circ.)-1035, and the rise of Danish imperialism during the Viking age

Hannibal, soldier, statesman, patriot

Julian, philosopher and emperor, and the last struggle of paganism against Christianity

Theodoric the Goth, the barbarian champion of civilisation

Demosthenes and the last days of Greek freedom, 384-322 B.C.