> It's funny that we assume historical things must be significant, even though in our day-to-day lives there are plenty of things that are just ... kind of sill

> It's funny that we assume historical things must be significant, even though in our day-to-day lives there are plenty of things that are just ... kind of silly. No, it's not funny. Literacy was rare and symbolism was literally much more common than text. Imagine how expensive books must be in a society where each book(often in Latin!) must be copied by hand. Who could afford books? How do you express meaning if most people can't read? Historic or mythical events were often shown like a comic book without text, be it on Trajan's column or in any reasonably old European church. Signboards (before shops, taverns etc) were giant pictures too. Pictures have the added benefit they're understood by traveling foreigners and merchants. Hard borders are a modern invention.