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Illustrations of history

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[–] Jackhammer_Joe 2 points 3 hours ago

That's a nice fucking house! Neat!

[–] Thcdenton 4 points 6 hours ago

Hey I remember this picture from my textbook! I've always loved this kind of structure. I'd love to live is something like this some day.

[–] raynethackery 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

How did they handle pest control? Obviously, they probably had cats to deal with rodents but what about fleas, ticks and lice?

[–] PugJesus 1 points 4 hours ago

There were nit combs and the sort, but lice are extremely common in pre-modern populations of all sorts, high-class and low, clean and dirty alike.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 24 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] QuarterSwede 9 points 10 hours ago

Oh they’re still out there. Just in a higher class.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, hey - I Assassin Creeded in those.

[–] HappycamperNZ 4 points 9 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Penis bonus pax in domus.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 12 points 13 hours ago

People called Romans they go to the house??