Eventually falling into disrepair, the large theatre was quarried to supply stone for many newer buildings which still exist in modern Rome.

Cars - the bane of modern Rome and the chief cause of its pollution - have also been banned from parking in the square.

Also stripped away, the opponents say, were protective coatings without which the frescoes are exposed to the punishing effects of modern Rome's polluted air.

In modern Rome we still suffer Agamemnon, King of Kings.

The Lateran remained in a suburban environment, surrounded by gardens and vineyards, until the growth of modern Rome in the later nineteenth century.

The sack marked the end of one of the most splendid eras of modern Rome.

He said conversationally, "Clark did think of San Francisco as a modern Rome, you know, both cities with their seven hills.

It was to Casterbridge what the ruined Coliseum is to modern Rome, and was nearly of the same magnitude.

But what if Cato the Censor were to walk the streets of modern Rome?

Gore Vidal has called Washington the modern Rome and my guess is he had scandals in mind just as much as global influence.