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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!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could you give a timeline for this era

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mid-late 1st century AD to early 5th century AD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

To expand on this a little: Silchester is in the south of England, so it was one of the first places the Romans conquered in Britain and one of the last still garrisoned by Roman troops. However, these walls specifically were built in the 3rd century, so this depiction is some time in the latter half of Roman Britain