During the late first century B.C.E., Rome started to experience urban sprawl. As the city’s footprint and population expanded, temples, circuses, amphitheaters, forums and baths began to proliferate.

Adam Rome is professor of environment and sustainability at the ... How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation and The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise ...