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 !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 7 points 3 months ago

See Mum, it was training for the Roman Cavalry, not being a weird little shit riding a bin!

[–] yrmp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Don’t miss when you hop on unless you’re into that kind of thing.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee -5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What exactly was ð wooden horsey ðere to train?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 3 months ago

It was to give them a dummy thic gluteus maximus, which served to distract the enemy.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Familiarity with the rough shape of a horse, getting on, getting off, etc. Practice horses are still used today, even.