Sunlight lit up a patch of restored marble benches inside the Colosseum, the white blocks alternating with ancient brick like piano keys frozen in time. My friend and I wandered the quiet curve of the arena floor, imagining the roar that once filled these vaulted cells—an unexpected moment of calm on our whirlwind Italian cruise stop in Rome.

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