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Why did Romans build freestanding, commemorative arches? (self.askhistorians)

submitted 3 months ago by Don_Dickle to c/askhistorians

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

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...

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[–] Don_Dickle 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What about Troy? Only asking because a while back we found evidence it actually exsisted.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Maybe I miscommunicated, because I was not trying to imply that anything did not exist.

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