Museum Excavation in Cologne Finds Ancient Roman Governor's Palace and Basilica

The breadth and depth of Roman bureaucracy and government always amazes me.

The contrast between the corruption / at times cut throat politics at the top / end of the republic, and at the same time serious efforts to maintain a reasonable and functional government structure that spans massive areas and many cultures and even attempts to reduce corruption at times is very interesting.

For many people at one point or another conquered, the question of "what have the Romans done for us" must have been a real topic of discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ