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Diego de Almagro

Diego de Almagro (c. 1475-1538) was a Spanish conquistador who was second-in-command to Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) during his expedition that attacked the Inca civilization from 1531. Almagro then led his own expedition to explore Chile but failed to find the golden cities he had hoped for. In the bitter and bloody rivalry that developed between conquistadors, Almagro was garotted in 1538.

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Roman fresco (3rd style) from the tablinum of the House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto  (V 4,a) in Pompeii.

By: Wolfgang Rieger (CC0)

Tablinum: The central room at the end of the atrium (main hall) of a Roman house. 

Third style: From the end of the reign of Augustus, a more delicate and colourful style of fresco.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne