Death in Rome: The City’s Memorable Tombs

This article originally appeared in the October 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Rome is called the Eternal City because its ancient citizens believed that regardless of how many empires came and went, the city herself would go on forever. And considering the capital of Italy is more than 2,000 years old, it seems they were right. Perhaps that’s…

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