User blog comment:Gamer124/Races of Nirn and Cultures of Earth Similarities/@comment-5709731-20130216150757/@comment-4799232-20130216153542

Possibly. The Imperial City looks more Roman to me like the Imperials. http://images.uesp.net/thumb/8/8e/OB-interior-Arena.jpg/180px-OB-interior-Arena.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XmnaMxA140M/TsKwSx8YwKI/AAAAAAAAAF0/KTfqOQkN8Z0/s1600/4_colosseum_4.jpg

Compare the two.