ROME has been called the Eternal City and indeed time seems to roll back in Rome as in a book Every step one `takes' is taken on historic ground. The walls of the city which date back to the Third Century are about 23 Kilometres long and are pierced by 19 gates. The most important of these is the Porta Del Popolo, which passed through the ancient Via Flaminia, the Roman highway to northern Italy. The old Appian Way left the city by a southern gate, the Porta Remains of other main roads may still be seen, relics of the vast system which once stretched over a great part of Europe, and even today, as custom dictates, all roads lead to Rome'.