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Photos of ruins and structures from past eras
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What is a ruin? We're running off of "You know it when you see it" at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like. Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to [email protected] Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected] Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]
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I can't even imagine the amount of labor that went into building these without machinery.
Slaves were more often employed in agriculture and unskilled industry (some nightmarish conditions there - slaves in the mines had a life expectancy of six months). Roads were often constructed by the Legions and Auxiliaries. Good way to keep soldiers busy and out of trouble in peacetime.