There is a saying by an eighth-century monk that comes to mind every time I land in Rome.

"As long as the Colosseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Colosseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall."

When he penned these words, the Roman Empire might still have arguably served as the organizing principle of the known world; he was making a declaration of eternity. What compels me to pause every time I walk the Via Sacra, two millennia later, is the fact that these words still ring true today.

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