R?m?’s ic?nic Ol?m?ic St??i?m (St??i? Olim?ic?), th? h?m? st??i?m ?? S??i? A cl??s L?zi? ?n? R?m?, w?s in??????t?? in 1937, ?n? ?s s?ch ???sts ?n ?nvi??l? c???cit? ?? ?v?? 70,000 s??ct?t??s. An? n?w ?s it t??ns ??t, th? m?ssiv? s???tin? c?m?l?x ???sts ?n ?nci?nt hist??ic?l l???c? th?t ???s ????n? its n?m?. T? th?t ?n?, ??ch???l??ists h?v? ???n ??l? t? ?isc?v?? tw? ?nci?nt R?m?n s??c??h??i th?t w??? ? ???t ?? ? ???i?l ????n? j?st ??hin? ?n? ?? th? st??i?m’s st?n?s.

Th? ?nn??nc?m?nt ?? th? inc???i?l? ?isc?v??? w?s m??? ?? th? S??ci?l S????int?n??nc? ??? th? C?l?ss??m ?n? th? A?ch???l??ic?l A??? ?? C?nt??l R?m?, th? ?m???ll? ???? th?t ???ms ? ???t ?? It?l?’s Minist?? ?? C?lt???, T???ism ?n? H??it???. Acc???in? t? th?m, ?n? ?? th?s? t?m?s is ????ck?? with ?n int?ic?t? ??s-??li??, whil? th? ?th?? ?n? ?is?l??s ‘sim?l?’ ??t ‘im???ssiv?’ m?ti?s. As ??? th? l?c?ti?n ?? this ??scin?tin? ?in?, th? st??i?m’s st?n? in ???sti?n is kn?wn ?s th? C??v? N???, ?n? it m?stl? ?s?? ?? th? L?zi? s?????t??s in th? h?m? ??m?s.

C????ntl?, m?n? ?? th? ??j?cts ???m th?s? tw? ?nci?nt R?m?n s??c??h??i ??? ??in? t?k?n t? th? l?? ??? ???th?? ?n?l?sis. An? in c?s? ?n? is w?n???in?, th? t?m?s w??? i??nti?i?? ???in? ? ???tin? ??ch??l??ic?l ?i? in th? ???xim?t? ????. An? int???stin?l? ?n???h, ‘?nint?nti?n?l’ ?isc?v??i?s s?ch ?s th?s? ??? ?ct??ll? n?t ?nh???? ?? in It?l?, ?s??ci?ll? R?m?.

F?? ?x?m?l?, ??ck in A??il, w??k??s ???t?it??sl? c?m? ?c??ss ? 3?? c?nt??? BC R?m?n ??????ct cl?s? t? th? lin? C ?? R?m?’s m?t?? in Pi?zz? C?lim?nt?n?. Th??? is ?v?n ?n inc???i?l? c?s? wh??? McD?n?l?’s It?li? ??n??? ? $315,000 ??st???ti?n ???j?ct th?t ???s??v?? ?n ?nci?nt R?m?n ???? ?n???n??th th? ?st??lishm?nt – ?n? it c?n ?? vi?w?? th????h ? t??ns????nt ?l?ss ?l???.