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 !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Small-scale olive oil processing in Ancient Rome (infosec.pub)
submitted 11 hours ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Roman soldier fighting an Illyrian rebel in the early 1st century AD (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 day ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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[Australia] A Native Encampment in Queensland, c.1880, from 'Australian Pictures' by Howard Willoughby, published by the Religious Tract Society, London, 1886 (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 day ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Imagining of an Imperial Roman vigilarium watchtower (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 day ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Pictish stronghold of Alt Clut (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Waterside mosque in Egypt, 1902 AD (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Legionaries of the Late Roman Republic (infosec.pub)
submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Medieval construction crane (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Traditional warriors of northeast India during the 19th century AD (infosec.pub)
submitted 6 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Celtic mercenaries along the Nile in Ptolemaic Egypt (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Model of a feudal Japanese castle town (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Aztec merchants in the canals of Tenochitlan (infosec.pub)
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Demonstrations of 14th century AD armor covering and helmets (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Scythian warriors of Central Asia/Eastern Europe in Classical Antiquity (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Imagining of the failed Gallic night assault foiled by the alarm of sacred geese, Sack of Rome, 390 BCE (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Illustration of a city of Nubia in the Bronze Age (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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The Northern Palace at Masada, Israel (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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The earthwork Walls of Benin (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Potala Palace complex at its height, Lhasa, Tibet (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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A Cucuteni-Trypillia culture Village (Neolithic Europe) (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Medieval Chinese garrison using a traction trebuchet against besiegers (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Illustrations of scenes of combat between Roman and Dacian troops from Trajan's Column (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Column

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A Turkish Janissary; seated on the ground almost in profile to right, wearing a tall conical hat, the top of which is folded over. 1479-81 Pen and black ink (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yenieri-aturkishjanissary-gentilebellini.jpg

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Ottoman and European Christian troops about to clash, ~15th century AD (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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Battle on the Nile River, 1366 AD (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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