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Yes, there's probably a major element of that giving me this impression. However, we have a lot of surviving Roman structures compared to Celtic or Germanic structures, for example.

3D reconstructions of ancient Rome show a city that relies heavily on stone, concrete and marble in its construction:

https://youtu.be/8Wuwa3UllKA

Though this too could be a consequence of survivorship bias.



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