Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins should go to [email protected]

Photos of the past should go to [email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I thought this was how they closed cans of anchovies!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

doing this for garum was considered a war crime

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Sardines were a lot bigger in ancient times...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did they use the olive mash for something afterwards?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Fuel most prominently, but also animal feed and composting material.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

These guys see a modern day road roller and be like aww yeah

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

This fucked with me on first glance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

When was this when they needed this scale of production, but weren't using animal driven mills?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Likely because slaves were cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

More advanced olive presses were in use during the Roman Empire, but human power remained the usual means of working it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I thought those were ants at first