Constantine's Cathedral: The Miraculous Rise and Ruin of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano in Imperial Rome

Is it possible for an ancient stone floor to harbor the weight of eternity, or do we merely walk across the dead dust of a forgotten empire? Most history books treat the great monuments of the world as cold, static mausoleums—relics of long-dead men who left behind nothing but riddles wrapped in marble. But for those who refuse to be mere tourists in the canyons of time, history is a living, breat...