this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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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 [email protected]

Photos of ruins should go to [email protected]

Photos of the past should go to [email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Literally came here just to post exactly that and you beat me by a measly twenty-six fucking minutes

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

twenty-six diking minutes

[–] Diplomjodler3 18 points 1 week ago

That's a completely arbitrary selection that spans a lot longer than 1000 years.

[–] lath 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Unbelievable. You forgot the greatest one of all!

Edit: My apologies. You said 1000 years. It must be the inferior ones.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Not impressed with the lack of zweihänders

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

“Y’know, it’s weird that the longer we make these things, the further away we are from the thing that wants to kill us.”

“lol nerd, chix dig big sords.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If the xyphos is there, then the falcata needs to be as well, as it is considered an influence to the development of the gladius.