Nero's Rome was not so different from today's world: impossible rents, gentrification and chaotic traffic. French historian Dimitri Tilloi-d'Ambrosi collects this anecdote in his essay 24 Hours in Nero's Rome (Criticism, translation by Silvia Furió) In his book, full of anecdotes and stories, we find many moments that rhyme with the present.

Although there was obviously no problem of carbon emissions, regulating traffic in Roman cities was a real nightmare. What most worried the emperors were the fires, which were devastating, as happened with the fire that devastated the city.