Public artwork was another major part of the everyday life of a Roman. Public artwork was not only used to commemorate or immortalize a person or event but also as a source of entertainment for the people of Rome. After great victories in major battles the Romans would usually immortalize the battle and its commander using the medium of public art. If you walk around rome today you will see many ornate arches and columns with pictures depicted along every side of them. These pictures tell a story of the great triumph that caused the building of these monuments. The people would line up along these monuments and read the stories of the great heroes of their day and tell the stories to their children. This would provide entertainment and legend for generations to come and would become an integral part of the life of a Roman. The Arch of Titus is a good example of this. Although today a lot of the art work is missing from the arch we can see the depictions of Titus sacking ancient Jerusalem and destroying the temple. This would have been the kind of image that sparked the story telling of ancient times.