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It might be slightly your fault. You obviously didn't know he had something very valuable there (if he did). He should have told you. Did he specifically ask you to watch it?

Also, you both should have known Rome is dodgy. It's absolutely crawling with little kids trying to steal your stuff. When I was in Italy I never had my stuff where I couldn't feel it if it wasn't locked up. I was traveling with a friend who was much more cavalier and his backpack got stolen.

At one point I had to hold my bag over my head because there were so many kids looking to grab it. We were hanging out with another American we met and he was threatening to punch these 9 year olds.

Was there some little kid trying to sell you something when this happened?