Rome

F; specifically, the Holy See. Usually that is identified in my mind with the modern city (as in, “the diocese is referring the case to Rome”), but other than that unpleasantness with the French* the two have co-located for most of the last 1,900 years or so.

*The Avignonese Papacy, aka the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, aka the beginning of the Great Western Schism.

The Empire. I’ve been reading Michael Curtis Ford’s The Sword of Attila.

B) The ancient Roman empire. I never think of the modern city, unless it’s Rome, NY.

The upcoming HBO series.

B + C. I spent four years at college studying them.

I thought B.

F. 9th grade Latin Class