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In 1508 CE the Pope commissioned the celebrated Florentine sculptor and painter Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) to paint scenes on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. https://t.co/xVOOMWV5Oj

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Cleopatra Testing Poisons On Those Condemned To Death by Alexandre Cabanel, 1887 CE. Oil on canvas, exhibited at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. https://t.co/cVqRMEXcBU

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📌Which Elizabeth I of England portrait is your favourite? (Answer in the poll below).

1) Ermine Portrait by William Segar
2) Hardwick Hall Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard or Rowland Lockey
3) Phoenix Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard
4) Sieve Portrait by Quentin Metsys the Younger

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The Second Punic War (The Hannibalic War) was fought between Carthage and Rome between 218 and 201 BCE. https://t.co/MouBvPowRE

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📌 The upcoming issue of Medieval Warfare Magazine () features the fascinating semi-autobiographical work "Le Jouvence."

Pre-order the issue here: https://t.co/JHlYKELTOs

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Today in The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. (1512 CE)

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Samoset (l. c. 1590-1653 CE, also given as Somerset) was the Abenaki Native American who first approached the English settlers of Plymouth Colony (later known as pilgrims) in friendship. https://t.co/l1D50gwlSZ

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Today in Thomas Wolsey, English Cardinal and politician, dies at Leicester Abbey. (1530 CE)

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