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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Why did Romans build freestanding, commemorative arches?

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Why did Romans build freestanding, commemorative arches?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • Sarazil@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Same reason we do today, they’re cool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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    They’re usually to celebrate a triumph

  • xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Cities grow, so I imagine the first few were actually gates from the old city wall, and the triumphal entry became a ceremonial simulacra of itself. Maybe on powerful/respected general was like: don’t tear down that gate, the memories of that time i defeated…

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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      What about Troy? Only asking because a while back we found evidence it actually exsisted.

      • xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Maybe I miscommunicated, because I was not trying to imply that anything did not exist.

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