Explanation: Roman coloniae were built in a very orderly and rational fashion, as planned cities with a grid of streets and the best position possible. Such coloniae were built to imitate Rome as closely as possible - in style, in local government, in the forums and arenas and temples. One might be tempted to think that their glories would pale to Rome itself! But the city of Rome was a few farming villages which, bit by bit, morphed into the largest city in the world at the time. It was infamous, even to Roman writers, as a clogged labyrinth with narrow streets and winding roads; a metropolis of filth shadowed over by hundreds of years of architectural marvels.
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At the height of its power, it was also very unsafe. I don't remember who, joked that walking by night in Rome without having written your last will was not wise. Certainly exaggerated, but still.