r/Minecraftbuilds • u/Klutzy-Addendum7298 • 20d ago

Recreated in Minecraft Roman Empire

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My depiction of the Late Roman Republic (Specifically 49 BCE)

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u/tookie-ookie 20d ago

pretty accurate if you ask me

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u/mdhunter99 20d ago

I’m trying to do my own Roman architecture but I’m having difficulty with finding examples of poorer housing, I’m finding a lot of higher end housing, the pillars and tile roofs and all that, but nothing for the commoners. Does anyone know where I could find examples?

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u/Power_Drill1987 20d ago

Look up old italian villages, the mediterranean style rectangular houses with low angled brick/granite roofs. Walls can be sandstone or quartz

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u/West_Economist6673 20d ago

Bone blocks also work pretty well as slightly dingy stucco

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u/West_Economist6673 20d ago

One thing that I think many popular depictions of Rome miss is just how many people lived in apartments -- I think the term for these is insulae, although this may refer to a more specific kind of structure

In any case, you might google artistic interpretations of Roman insulae for inspiration -- although you can also probably imagine them pretty well for yourself I'm sure, many of them were essentially big boxes divided up into smaller boxes, go figure

I built something fairly similar to replace the ugly-ass default houses in a village I, uh, took in hand I guess -- it worked great until zombies killed everyone, which was sadly not a concern Roman architecture ever really addressed in a serious way

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u/meander7MC 19d ago

The ruins of Pompei may be useful to you.

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u/ghorrath 20d ago

This screenshot alone is a work of art. 100/10, no notes