This falcon-headed Egyptian deity is associated with the noon sun.

These twin brothers are said to have founded Rome.

Brother to Hades and Zeus, this God was associated with horses and earthquakes - as well as the sea!

This Thracian gladiator would serve as a leader in a slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

Known as "The Destroyer", this Hindu deity is one of three supreme beings known as the Trimurti.

Often regarded as a tyrant, this emperor was in power during the Great Fire of Rome.

Sometimes referred to as "Pallas", she was a goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare.

It took a lot of balls for for Charles V's mutinous troops to enact this miltary event in 1527.

In Norse mythology, this wife of Odin is renowned for her powers of precognition.

Built almost two thousand years ago, this Roman structure still sports the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome