ROME (Reuters) - The Eternal City has been run by emperors, barbarians, popes and dictators, but never by a woman.
That looks set to change in mayoral elections on Sunday with Virginia Raggi from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in pole position to wrest control of the capital from Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
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