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Extrapolation: What can we learn from ... ?

A bayfront of the past and future; and Cagonjok

Sep 18, 2025
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By D. Menzies

When Rome declined there was a vestige of it that still thrived for a few centuries, according to a study by Roman Urbanism in Italy highlighted by Popular Mechanics. The colony Interamna Lirenas, located in central Italy, offers lessons still applicable today.

A key one? Its “multi-unit” residences seemed to have no social divisions.

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