Self-Destruction

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Self-Destruction

Early Rome

Rome was one of the largest empires in history, covering an area that stretched from Britain to the Middle East and encompassed the entirety of the Mediterranean. The Roman Empire lasted for over 500 years and to this day it continues to influence us. From art to architecture, political strategy and military tactics, Rome has been an inspiration for much of the world for the past millennium and a half and will continue to do so many centuries to come.

In the 4th ceentury, the Palatine Hill had become the reserve of the upper class (Patricians) and a big new lower class (Plebeian) neighborhood had developed in the Subura. Temples and government buildings were displacing market activity, which moved down toward the Tiber

Divine Augustus

The city, which was not built in a manner suitable to the grandeur of the empire, and was liable to inundation of the Tiber, as well as to fires, was so much improved under his administration, that he boasted, not without reason, that he found it of brick, but left it of marble. He also rendered it secure for the time to come against such disasters, as far as could be effected by human foresight.

 

 

--- The Divine Augustus by Suetonius