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Ancient capital of the worlds top ten glamour 1.Rome Its impossible to Stroll through modern Rome and not bump into reminders of its ancient past. The Forum, the Colosseum and the Pantheon, just to name a few, are lasting testaments to the capital of an empire once made up of 2.5 million square miles, three continents and about 100 million people. The empire reached its zenith in 117 AD, when the emperor Trajan ruled from Rome and months-long gladiator games were held to celebrate the citys glory. 2.Athens  Democracy, math, philosophy, the Olympics…what didnt come out of Athens, the ethereal capital of ancient Greece? Athens fought long and hard, in conflicts on the sea and on land, to become leader of all Aegean city-states by the early 5th century BC. It celebrated its victories by building great temples like the Parthenon, theiconic symbol of art and architecture in ancient Greece. A plague—likely typhoid fever—contributed to the empires fall 3.Constantinople Today its shared by two continents as the Turkish city of Istanbul， but ancient Constantinople never once had to share the spotlight after Rome fell from grace in the 4th century AD. From that date through the Middle Ages,Constantinople was the worlds largest and richest city， becoming the center of the new Roman Empire,the Byzantine Empire and finally the Ottoman Empire. Art and learning flourished in its universities and cathedrals， including the spectacular Hagia Sophia. 4. Babylon  Famous for its wondrous hanging gardens， the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon had as turbulent a history as its location in present-day Iraq suggests. Everyone from the ancient Assyrians to Alexander the Great wanted to get their hands on this strategic location, and it would become the capital for many ruling groups over a period of several thousand years. King Nebuchadnezzar II, creator of the gardens, led the city during its splendid architectural heyday around 600 BC. 5.Cuzco All roads in the Incan empire on