One reason night-time deliveries were allowed to disturb the sleep of ordinary Roman citizens is simply that the city's law-makers, safely cocooned in their Palatine palaces, had no experience of living in such bleak circumstances themselves.
"The bus companies will continue to do everything we can to get the buses rolling so we can get New York City's school children back to school safely, " he added.
Last week, it was revealed that Brighton's local authority was considering allowing it to become the first city in the UK to provide rooms where people would be able to use illegal drugs safely without the fear of prosecution.