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

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

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

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submitted 8 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I thought this was how they closed cans of anchovies!

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 8 months ago

doing this for garum was considered a war crime

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

Sardines were a lot bigger in ancient times...

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

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

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did they use the olive mash for something afterwards?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

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

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

This fucked with me on first glance.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I thought those were ants at first

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] diolma@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 8 months ago

Likely because slaves were cheaper.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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