Note 159 — Chapter IV · CITIES AND PEOPLES (A) THE SOUL OF THE CITY
Charles Francis Atkinson translation
The Colosseum of Rome itself in due course fell into this decay and we read in the guide-books that “its flora were once famous”—420 wild species lived in its ruins. If this could happen in Rome, we need not be surprised at the quick, almost catastrophic, conquest of the Maya cities by tropical vegetation.—Tr.