>>212926662Sounds based.
Cool architecture, big strong walls to defend against raiders. What's not to like?
>>212926870The people in there didn't care because they just wanted to survive during chaotic times. Plenty of scholars in the big cities knew how to build this type of thing, and still did. It's just that the western empire had collapsed and didn't have the same reach anymore, so in many areas migratory peoples would see "big wall, good security from raiders, I will set up here." Makes sense, right?