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] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

During the Third Punic War he was old, but he was a paltry 16 years old when the Second Punic War started, and 34 when it ended.

Man really hung onto life for another 50 years just to see the remains of a once-powerful city destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Ah, I misread it was about the second punic war. The thing that set him off.