TRIUMPHAL ARCH

ome knows no greater splendor than the Triumph of a general returning from campaign, with his victorious troops escorting thousands of prisoners in chains and wagon after wagon of booty through the city. For generations, Romans have commemorated these Triumphs by building arches on the Via Sacra, Rome's greatest road.

The triumphal arch is the most impressive monument that your city can build. These structures are dedicated to successful military campaigns, and so as governor you may order one built in your city only when one of your armies has returned victorious from a battle in some distant province. An arch dramatically boosts the desirability of the surrounding neighborhood.