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That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

Rome is a city I love very much. I have lived there since I was a child.

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.

Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome.

Rome is one of my favourite cities in the world.

'Rome' plays on universal human emotions that hopefully people can relate to. Historians are always going to be offended by it.

Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference.

In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious of that, and it thrills me. Imagine being in a traffic jam at the Coliseum! Rome is the most wonderful movie set in the world... As was the case with many of my film ideas, it was inspired by a dream.

Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.

Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.