this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2025
54 points (95.0% liked)

Illustrations of history

1894 readers
145 users here now

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

Photos of ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 3 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Could you give a timeline for this era

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Mid-late 1st century AD to early 5th century AD

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 4 months ago

To expand on this a little: Silchester is in the south of England, so it was one of the first places the Romans conquered in Britain and one of the last still garrisoned by Roman troops. However, these walls specifically were built in the 3rd century, so this depiction is some time in the latter half of Roman Britain