They cried with one voice. A city is what they pray for.

VIRGIL, The Aeneid

The universe is, so to say, the shared dwelling of gods and men, or a city which houses both.

CICERO, The Nature of the Gods

Most glorious is the City of God: whether in this passing age, where she dwells by faith, as a pilgrim among the ungodly, or in the security of that eternal home which she now patiently awaits. . . . We must not pass over in silence the earthly city also.

AUGUSTINE, The City of God