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A thousand years earlier, a pagan emperor had burnt Christians alive and crucified St Peter. But their martyrdom had helped keep the flame of Christianity alive in Rome. Constantine had taken an underground religion and staked all of Rome' s glory on its success. Now the ambitions of a pope had brought ruin on the Holy City. The popes were to abandon Rome altogether, and seek the protection of the kings of France. It seemed like the end. After 2, 000 years as head of the world, the capital of emperors and popes, the very definition of sacred power, the city blessed by God was now cursed by invasion, intrigue and depravity. Its sanctity debased. Holy no more, time had run out for the Eternal City. Next time, Rome rises from the ashes. How the debauchery and avarice of the Renaissance transformed Rome into the city we see today. |
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yī qiān nián yǐ qián, yì jiào tú huáng dì huó fén jī dū tú, bìng jiāng shèng bǐ dé dīng sǐ zài shí zì jià shàng. dàn shì tā men de xùn nàn bǎ jī dū jiào de huǒ zhǒng bǎo liú zài le luó mǎ chéng lǐ. kāng sī tǎn dīng dà dì chéng lì le yí gè mì mì jiào pài, bìng bǎ luó mǎ chéng de róng yào quán bù yā zài le zhè gè jiào pài de chéng gōng shàng. xiàn zài jiào huáng de yě xīn yǐ jīng gěi shèng chéng mái xià le huò gēn. jiào huáng dǎ suàn pāo qì luó mǎ chéng, bìng xún qiú fǎ guó guó wáng de bì hù. kàn qǐ lái yī qiè dōu wán le. 2000 nián yǐ hòu, zuò wéi shì jiè de zhōng xīn, huáng dì hé jiào huáng zhī dōu, shèng quán dìng yì zhī suǒ zài, shàng dì bǎo yòu zhī chéng xiàn zài shòu dào le qīn lüè, yīn móu hé duò luò de zǔ zhòu. luó mǎ chéng zhī shèng jié shòu dào le diàn wū. luó mǎ chéng bù zài shén shèng le, yǒng héng zhī chéng yǐ jīng bù fù yǒng héng le. luó mǎ chéng zài yī cì cóng huī jìn zhōng jué qǐ. wén yì fù xīng de fàng dàng hé tān lán bǎ luó mǎ chéng biàn chéng le wǒ men jīn tiān kàn jiàn de zhè gè mú yàng. |