Rome: A History of the City. Lecture 4 of 6. Rome in the Last Days of the Empire.

Rome: A History of the City. Lecture 4 of 6. Rome in the Last Days of the Empire. As the Empire began to unravel, the city itself began to disintegrate from imperial neglect and disinterest; Constantinople now reigned supreme. But the new Christian faith saw to it that new colossal structures were built and old ones put to new use.