Vlad the Impaler T-Shirt peter_paul_rubens one of the many diagrammatic

one of the many diagrammatic attempts to capture the complexity and scope of Milton's epic poem

The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist

A tribute to the minds that shaped Western thought — Socrates

The All-Seeing Eye: Symbol of wisdom

and is labeled with the names of God and its angels

Vlad the Impaler T-Shirt peter_paul_rubens one of the many diagrammaticVlad III earned his fearsome nickname for impaling more than 20,000 people and killing as many as 60,000 others during his bloody reign. He was even said to dine among his impaled enemies and dip his bread in their blood. Interestingly, Bram Stoker used elements of Vlad's real story for the title character of his 1897 novel "Count Dracula."