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I don't know about "required" but in ancient times walls were what typically defined the city as a "city" rather than simply an undefined agglomeration of dwell
by insane_dreamer 2y ago
I don't know about "required" but in ancient times walls were what typically defined the city as a "city" rather than simply an undefined agglomeration of dwellings / farms
They were absolutely necessary as protection for stores of food (food storage being a defining feature of a city)
- wqaatwt 2y agoSo Sparta (they famously claimed that they don’t need walls) wasn’t a city?
- insane_dreamer 2y agoSparta was more a collection of villages rather than a city like Athens or Rome.
- wqaatwt 2y agoRome didn’t really have walls during its peak and prior to the late 200s either. Supposedly the old walls from the Republican period were in a similar state to the medieval walls in some modern cities.