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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Sarazil@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Same reason we do today, they're cool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
They’re usually to celebrate a triumph
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
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.world · 1 pts · 2y
What about Troy? Only asking because a while back we found evidence it actually exsisted.
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
Maybe I miscommunicated, because I was not trying to imply that anything did not exist.