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<p>[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 3557030, member: 99239"]Thanks for writing this OP! It looks like I'm guilty of perpetuating this embarrassing blunder which I'll be correcting asap. To me it looks also like the best candidate to explain the Julius Caesar elephant-stepping-on-snake type as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>So many times it's just easier to go with the flow than question a habit. A famous case in point, calling this a camp gate</p><p>[ATTACH=full]945620[/ATTACH] </p><p>It's quite obviously a city's gate as Roman military camps were temporary. If they had any fortifications they would be crude ditches, ramparts and/or barricades. You certainly don't put up masonry and richly adorned bronze doors on a camp you only intend to hold for a few days/weeks at the most. And if that defensive position is worth holding onto permanently then it becomes a village and is no longer a <i>camp</i>! You wouldn't find one of these even in a village, in any case, since the expense couldn't be justified. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I admit that I, too, will still catch myself from time to time calling them camp gates regardless. Habit!</p><p><br /></p><p>Rasiel[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 3557030, member: 99239"]Thanks for writing this OP! It looks like I'm guilty of perpetuating this embarrassing blunder which I'll be correcting asap. To me it looks also like the best candidate to explain the Julius Caesar elephant-stepping-on-snake type as well. So many times it's just easier to go with the flow than question a habit. A famous case in point, calling this a camp gate [ATTACH=full]945620[/ATTACH] It's quite obviously a city's gate as Roman military camps were temporary. If they had any fortifications they would be crude ditches, ramparts and/or barricades. You certainly don't put up masonry and richly adorned bronze doors on a camp you only intend to hold for a few days/weeks at the most. And if that defensive position is worth holding onto permanently then it becomes a village and is no longer a [I]camp[/I]! You wouldn't find one of these even in a village, in any case, since the expense couldn't be justified. But I admit that I, too, will still catch myself from time to time calling them camp gates regardless. Habit! Rasiel[/QUOTE]
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