rome, n.All

Rome 1s 2ecline was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Instead of inquiring why the roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprized that it had subsisted so long.

Rome is a city greater than any upon earth, whose amplitude no eye can measure, whose beauty no imagination can picture.

Poop is funny --- There was a Roman Emperor named Pupienus Maximus, pronounced 'poopy-anus'.

Rome is a mother. Rome is a whore. Rome can be domineering, imperious, corrupt, vicious. But rome can never be ungenerous. Rome gives all of her sensual pleasures, without stint.

In Ancient Rome, the most popular pets were Ferrets (for rodents), dogs (for security), and monkeys (for entertainment).

Rome is the place that Caesar Augustus found a city built of brick, and left built of marble.

Ancient Roman surgeons were trained to block out the screams of human pain.

The Roman Empire had a ship-mounted flamethrowers, uniquely effective due to the fact that throwing water onto it would only feed the fire.

How was Rome split in two?With a pair of Caesars

Rome is representative of conquest.

Rome is a place to which all things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts.

Rome is feminine.

Rome is a city frozen in time, a city that has not seen a modern building in more than half a century.