Recently, researchers used a survey to try and convince some of The Wire s readers that some fictional events in Indian entertainment and politics actually happened.
When the Farnese family lost favor with the papacy, the former castle was reimagined as a garden villa retreat, just far enough from Rome to offer some peace.
The Roman Empire’s fall was caused by the Antonine plague of the 2nd century AD, which killed 30% of the population, and caused economic and military disasters.