It is here that the Roman civilisation began and evolved throughout the centuries .
Imperial Rome was an enormous city, a true metropolis inhabited by millions of people.
The magnificence of its public buildings, constructed by various successive Emperors in command, were and are, the evidence of a civilization that: -knew how create an official language-Latin; -was able to connect all conquered lands with a system of roads still used today; -brought water from where immense aqueducts were created; -founded the basis of civil law.