Popular mythology says Rome was founded on April 21, after twin brothers washed up on the shore of the Tiber River and were raised by a she-wolf.
ROME – This city has seen its share of heartbreak over the last 2,773 years.
"All through the city’s history, citizens of Rome lived with tuberculosis, cholera, malaria," said Arya, who is originally from Huntington, West Virginia. This year’s anniversary falls exactly six weeks after the country’s first national coronavirus lockdown. In a statement that will replace her normal address, Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi tried to draw upon history to bolster the spirits of the city.
Still, Italy’s total of nearly 110,000 active infections and nearly 25,000 deaths are both the second-highest in the world, behind only the United States.Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday that the government would start to ease the terms of the coronavirus lockdown starting May 4. Conte’s announcement comes as other countries – including parts of the U.S. – mull similar moves.
Alessandro Rosiello, a driver working for the municipality of Rome, was disappointed about the cancellation. For Kyle Harper, a historian at the University of Oklahoma and the author of a book that explains how disease and other factors helped fell the Roman Empire, the latest developments are par for the course in a city like Rome.
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