How to put text inside chronoperiode timeline-bar?

Question

How can I put text inside the bar instead of over the bar?
Thank you in advance for your help!
documentclass{article}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}   
usepackage{chronosys}

begin{document}
%---------------------timeline----------------%
startchronology[align=left, startyear=1790,stopyear=1860, height=0pt, startdate=false, stopdate=false, dateselevation=0pt, arrow=false, box=true]
%
chronograduation[event][dateselevation=0pt]{10}
%---------------------periods----------------%
chronoperiode[textstyle=raggedleftcolorbox{green}, color=green, startdate=false, bottomdepth=0pt, topheight=8pt, textdepth=-15pt,dateselevation=16pt, stopdate=false]{1790}{1860}{Text}
%
chronoperiode[textstyle=colorbox{blue}, color=blue, startdate=false, bottomdepth=8pt, topheight=16pt, textdepth=-20pt, dateselevation=12pt, stopdate=false]{1850}{1860}{More text}
%
stopchronology

end{document}

js bibra · Answer

With help from --
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/297685/197451
and
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/18119/197451
I found it easier with just TiKz

documentclass{article}
usepackage{lipsum}
    usepackage{tikz}
    usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,positioning,calc}

begin{document}
subsection*{Biographical cornerstones}
lipsum[1]
    begin{center}
begin{tikzpicture}[
    node distance = 0mm,
      L/.style = {% as Line style for the gray base line with length 10 units 
    draw=gray, 
    line width=1.5mm,
    {Bar[width=22mm,line width=1pt]}-{Bar[width=22mm,line width=1pt]}% for the corner 
    %ticks
                 }
                    ]
draw[L]    ( 0,0)  coordinate (s)% draw the base bar of gray color
                    node[above=10mm] {1790} --  
            (10,0)  node[above=10mm] {1860};
            
draw[green!40,line width=4.5mm]    %draw the next bar of green color
            ( 0.03,0.3)  coordinate (t)--
            node[pos=0.5,black] {Some text}
            (9.97,0.3) ;

draw[blue!40,line width=4.5mm]    % draw the blue bar
            ( 6*1.43,0.72)  coordinate (r)--         % 7portions of the base bar is 
                                                      %1.43 units each i.e 10/7
            node[pos=0.5,black,font=tiny,align=center] {More text}
            (9.97,0.72) ;

foreach x in {1,...,6}{%
        pgfmathsetmacroresult{1790+(x * 10)}    % macro to calculate labels
draw[gray,line width=1pt]                        %draw the ticks for each year
            (x*1.43,0)--
            node[left,
                rotate=90,
                xshift=-1em,
                font=tiny]{pgfmathprintnumber{result}}
            (x*1.43,-0.5);}

end{tikzpicture}
    end{center}
lipsum[1]
end{document}

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