Note 065
Yet the statutes of Rome (l. iii. c. 81, p.
182) impose a fine of 500 aurei on whosoever shall demolish
any ancient edifice,
ne ruinis civitas deformetur, et ut
antiqua aedificia decorem urbis perpetuo representent.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 71