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 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
I think Anomander's take is the one I like the most. It's not a deliberate feature, but rather convergent evolution.

Yea me too, his explanation sounds a lot more sensible than imitation of a time so insanely long ago that no imperial citizen could even have an inkling of what things looked like then.