The City of Rome, a City of Art and Luxury

Could indeed be britain? Was the constant question on my tongue as i trod fair white streets. Here were baths before which the roman youth dawdled, stately theatres with endless tiers of s from whose rostra recited verse and dialogue. And among all these evidences of the new age thronged a motley mixture of people. Umbrians and franks, pale haired germans and olive tuscans laughed and chaffered round the booths and fountains.