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Turning point · The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
The Aurelian Walls
AD 271 — For the first time in 500 years, Rome itself needs walls. Nineteen kilometers of brick go up around the capital of the world — the crisis in masonry.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — The Third-Century Crisis in The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476.
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