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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trappedslider" data-source="post: 9690703" data-attributes="member: 41932">Rome’s Metro C line has been under construction since the 1980s—and it’s still not done. Not because of engineering errors or budget collapse, but because every time they dig… they uncover history.So far, the project has unearthed a 2nd-century Roman military complex, an amphitheater no one knew existed, and even the Athenaeum of Emperor Hadrian—a lost hall of learning used for philosophical debates nearly 2,000 years ago.Construction halts every time something ancient turns up, which in Rome, is almost guaranteed. The city is built on 3,000 years of history layered beneath its streets—a problem (and blessing) unique to Rome.Unlike most cities, every subway tunnel must be watched by archaeologists, with entire station plans rewritten mid-build to preserve cultural heritage.Metro C remains only partially open. Digging continues—slow, expensive, and filled with the ghosts of emperors, philosophers, and gladiators.Only in Rome can a subway project double as an archaeological dig site.[ATTACH=full]409503[/ATTACH]</blockquote>