The monk Almachis attempting to stop the gladiatorial combat From the picture by Professor Ademollo from the book The Outline of History by HG Wells Volume 2 published 1920

First naval combat between iron vessels The Confederate CSS Virginia formerly the Merrimack left and the Union U S S Monitor right at Hampton Roads Virginia

Pacific Ocean (July 3, 2006) - While performing combat maneuvers for the crew of USS Ronald Reagan and their embarked 'Tigers,' USS Decatur (DDG 73) displays impressive maneuverability executing a hairpin turn...

Burying victims of the Plague of London (1665) at night in multiple graves. Two of men are smoking pipes, partly to combat stench of corpses, partly in hope that Tobacco smoke would preventing them becoming infected. Copperplate engraving

Gautier (1344): Romance of Lancelot of the Lake: Count des Broches in combat with King Nabor and Sir Gawain. Manscript, B.N., Paris

Richard I, Coeur de Lion or Lionheart (1157-99),left,king of England from 1189, and Saladin, Sal al-Din al-Ayyubu, (1137-93) in combat during Crusade of 1191, Third Crusade. Encaustic tiles, 1250-60, Chertsey Abbey, Surrey. B.M., London

Terrific Combat between the Monitor Two Guns and Merrimac Ten Guns Currier and Ives (a. 1857-1907/American) Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

First naval combat between iron vessels The Confederate CSS Virginia formerly the Merrimack left and the Union U S S Monitor right at Hampton Roads Virginia

Naval Combat Between Two Ships-Illustration From Illustration From The Halieutica By Oppian 11th C. Italian School (11th C.)(- ) Vellum Biblioteca Marciana, Venice, Italy

Second Lieutenant G H Woolley winning Victoria Cross in the defense of Hill 60 with his men First man from Territorial Army to win VC

Christian, the pilgrim of the title, in combat with Apollyon, the Destroyer, the Angel of the Bottomless Pit. Illustration by Henry Courtney Selous (1803-1890) for an 1844 edition of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, originally published in 1678.

Combat between Cossacks and Japanese Cavalry in a thunderstorm at the Battle of Wafangkou, June 15, 1904, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Alliance of sun and moon to combat a dragon, Representing a Compound of sulphur and mercury, Emblem from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier, Colored Copper Engraving, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Queen excluder used between supers ( single boxes ) to isolate queen bee in lower portion of hive from honey bearing supers which are to be harvested. Paper towel which has been soaked in mineral oil, is used to help the bees combat mites.