Ambitions Collection

JOHN BULL ON THE GLOBE
John Bulls imperialist ambitions intact before the war.....and shattered after the war Date: 1931

John Bull & Yellow Peril
John Bull finds his ambitions in the Far East threatened by the Yellow Peril

Publius Valerius Publicola destroys his own house
Publius Valerius Publicola, a Roman Consul, to dissipate suspicion of his ambitions, destroys his own splendid house on top of the Velian Hill - an instance of Roman high-mindedness and self-sacrifice

French views of German ambitions, WW1
A fold-out item expressing French views of German ambitions during the First World War. At the centre, the French cockerel crows, proclaiming the dawn of liberty

Marchand Photo
JEAN BAPTISTE MARCHAND. French soldier, implicated in the Fashoda incident where the territorial ambitions of France collided with those of Britain. Photo 1899. Date: 1863 - 1934

Russia and Turkey both seek to dominate Eastern Europe - their conflicting ambitions will lead to war in the Crimea, with French and British intervention

Marcellus Sent to Pompey
The Senate sends consul Marcellus to invite Pompeius to defend the Roman Republic from the ambitious Caesar, though Pompeius too has ambitions

Bibulus Opposing Caesar
Bibulus, consul with Julius Caesar, tried in vain to oppose his ambitions

Coriolanus banished from Rome
The Roman general, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, is banished from Rome because of his arrogance, and suspicion concerning his political ambitions

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