Don't know how many Romans live in tents these days, but whatever.
I'd not be surprised to see this happen since native Italians--like everyone else in the West--are contracepting, aborting, open bordering, and gaying themselves into oblivion. It doesn't help that they are abandoning Catholicism (thanks Pope Francis and the western bishops) and turning back to paganism.
It's kinda like in college football when your team beat a team that was traditionally really really good in the past, but not so much lately. For example, if your team beat Nebraska last year you might have bragged about it like it was beating Nebraska during the 1990's.
That's how Muslims see "Rome".