Nah.... Just look at Detroit. That's a modern version of a city in Ruin... Rome didn't get abandoned in a day. It took about 100 years, to go from 1 mill, to

Nah.... Just look at Detroit. That's a modern version of a city in Ruin... Rome didn't get abandoned in a day. It took about 100 years, to go from 1 mill, to between 30-60k inhabitants. The most visible today's comparison would be Detroit (or parts of it). Smaller structures just disappear, but the large ones remain and look like relics: Detroit's old station: https://media.wired.com/photos/5b28344e11196626aaeb16c4/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-596955474.jpg https://media.wired.com/photos/5b28344e11196626aaeb16c4/mast... Ford buys Detroit's deserted, century-old train station https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ford-buys-michigan-central-depot-detroit-train-station-2018-06-11/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ford-buys-michigan-central-depo... Also, many cities do have old antique buildings in them (coliseums, or amphitheaters), and mediterranean europe is dotted with them. From Spain to Italy to Greece and Albania. That doesn't mean that the people left from the cities. It just meant that they stopped having a purpose due to economic shortages, and just went to decay into old crumbling buildings that are just there for the locals. Very similar to old ware houses, or abandoned train stations, or stadiums, in industrial cities.