How Quickly Rome Collapsed Under Coronavirus

“I had not noticed anything strange, but then I walked through thehistoric center, and it hit me: in the past few weeks, as the virusspread, the city emptied out. The crowds lining up to enter theColosseum or visit the Forum have thinned; the mobs throwing coins inthe Trevi Fountain or climbing the Spanish Steps have all but vanished;restaurants and bars usually overflowing with patrons are almost vacant.It is customary, of course, to lament the phenomenon of mass tourism inItaly; even th