"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…"

"Nothing is equal to you, O Rome even in your almost complete ruin; | what you were, intact, your ruins reveal | [...]…"

"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…"

"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"