"To anyone who asks me what ancient Rome looked like and begs me to present it to them in concrete terms, I will say, …"

"From a small village on the Palatine, Rome became the largest metropolis of antiquity. Its first inhabitants came dow…"

"Rome was very glorious for the heroic actions of its Citizens, and was equally admirable to the world entirely for th…"

"In spite [...] of all the defects of its streets and its position, Rome was such a city that it had no equal, and it …"

"Until the fire set by Nero, Rome was not a beautiful city in the modern sense of the word. After it had been burned b…"

"Rome never had grandiose views such as Antioch and Alexandria, with their long, straight and wide streets, cut at rig…"

"Unlike the Sumerian, Hellenic and Phoenician city-states, Rome did not identify itself with a nation. She was never c…"

"The greatness of Rome [...] is not only the result of military success, but above all of the ability to hold together…"

"In ancient times there were two forms of political community: the city-state and the imperial monarchy. But no city-s…"

"Roman civilization"