What is the excuse for charging people for something that was free for 1,900 years?

Christopher Siwicki
Christopher Siwicki is an ancient historian, specializing in Classical architecture and the city of Rome. He is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute in Rome and an honorary research fellow at the University of Exeter and the British School at Rome. He is the author of Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome and, outside of his academic publications, also writes for wider audiences on archaeological discoveries, sites, and exhibitions in Italy and beyond.