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Augustus improved the way Rome looked He is famous for saying you found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of what?
"I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble." -Augustus when Augustus took over Rome, it was in really bad condition, but through his reign he improved Rome and was able to restore it to what it had been in the early reign of Caesar and improve it further. When he started his reign, conditions were bad (bricks) after he restored it, it became marble. Marble is also a very sturdy stone and also refers to how he strengthened Rome.
You found rome built of sundried brick you leave her clothed in marble?
You are thinking of Augustus.
What pint of view did Augustus have about the work he did for the city of Rome?
Augustus summed up his view in a famous sentence he said on his deathbed: "I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble."
How did Augustus Caesar beautify Rome?
He was a very big patron of the arts and he boasted that he found Rome a city of bricks and left it in marble.
What is the colluseum in Rome?
an old peace of brick
