<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWakati papa alikuwa akihamishwa kwa urahisi huko Avignon tangu 1309, utawala mkali wa familia za Orsini na Colonna ulifanya Roma kuwa kijiji cha nusu-mji, nusu-kijijini.  <response>: With the papacy in comfortable exile in Avignon since 1309, the brutal rule of the Orsini and Colonna families reduced Rome to a half-urban, half-rural backwater village. 