Not all of the book is factual, but it does not have to be because what Angela does what the Historians and Archeologists could not do. He added the fictitious events to let our mind truly see what Rome was like. Whether or not the events in the book actually happened or not does not actually matter because the Rome that the readers mind will see after reading this book will probably the closest will ever get to actually seeing what Rome was like. This is why Alberto Angela succeeded in his efforts to show the Rome he saw and to spread that image to
Not all of the book is factual, but it does not have to be because what Angela does what the Historians and Archeologists could not do. He added the fictitious events to let our mind truly see what Rome was like. Whether or not the events in the book actually happened or not does not actually matter because the Rome that the readers mind will see after reading this book will probably the closest will ever get to actually seeing what Rome was like. This is why Alberto Angela succeeded in his efforts to show the Rome he saw and to spread that image to