Attila was king of the Huns from 434 to 453. He conquered a vast empire across Eastern and Central Europe, directly threatening the Western Roman Empire through repeated invasions. He is remembered as one of the greatest warriors of Late Antiquity.

Roman general and statesman (100–44 BC), Julius Caesar conquered Gaul between 58 and 50 BC and established his political dominance in Rome. His assassination in 44 BC hastened the fall of the Roman Republic.

A Roman general of the 1st century BC, Mark Antony was one of the triumvirs who governed Rome after Caesar's assassination. Ally then rival of Octavian, he embodies the civil wars that tore the Roman Republic apart in its final years.

Chef arverne (79-45 av. J.-C.), Vercingétorix a unifié les peuples gaulois contre l'invasion romaine de Jules César. Vaincu à la bataille d'Alésia en 52 av. J.-C., il symbolise la résistance gauloise à la conquête romaine.

Joan of Arc (1412–1431) was a French heroine who played a decisive role during the Hundred Years' War. Inspired by religious visions, she led the French armies to several victories against the English. Captured, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake in Rouen, she became an iconic figure of France.

Spanish conquistador (1485–1547) who conquered the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. Setting out from Cuba in 1519, he led an expedition that culminated in the fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521, marking the beginning of Spanish dominance in Mesoamerica.

French army officer of Alsatian and Jewish origin (1859–1935). He was wrongly accused of espionage in 1894, triggering the Dreyfus Affair, one of the greatest political crises of the Third Republic. His innocence was officially recognized in 1906, marking a turning point in the fight against antisemitism in France.

Marshal of France and celebrated military commander known for his victory at Verdun in 1916, Philippe Pétain became head of the French government in 1940 and established the authoritarian French State of Vichy. A collaborator during the German occupation, he remains one of the most controversial figures in French history.