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coliseum (n.)

"While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand;

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall;

And when Rome falls—the world."

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto iv. Stanza 145.

"While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand;

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall;

And when Rome falls—the world."

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto iv. Stanza 145.