I was determined that even the most wretched, from the slaves who clean the city sewers to the famished barbarians who hover along the frontiers, should have an interest in seeing Rome endure.
gizakirik behartsuenak berak ere, hirietako kloakak garbitzen zituèn esklaboak, adibidez, edota mugaldeetan haruntz eta honuntz mutiri zebilèn barbaro gosetuak, interesa eduki lezan Erroma luzaroan irauten ikusteko.