Emperors have come and gone but, today, the leaders of this Roman monument live and die by pincers, not swords.
Nestled in the heart of Rome, the ancient ruins of the Mercati di Traiano – a bustling trading and administrative complex built around 110 AD – are still occupied to this day, but by something rather less imposing than a noisy throng of sword-clad Romans. Hidden among the site’s underground waterways is an extensive population of freshwater crabs, a species now endangered in its range across southern Europe.
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