Augustus Caesar :
I found Rome a city of brick
and left it a city of marble
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Trajan (also an emperor)
loved to boast about his
massive building program,
column, market --
received the insignia "The Best"
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Hanging gardens of Babylon
built by Nebuchadnezzar II
(an ancient wonder of world to
rival the Pyramids )
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20th Century Italy's Il Duce
frequently visited construction
sites, using the first Pickaxe
(Italian colpo di piccone )
to start off demolition of old
buildings . . . he is credited with
"Palace of Italian Civilization /
Square Colosseum" . . .
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