"Similar thing happened in Rome: the marble from the Coliseum was stripped and used to build St Peters." Oh please - this is really out of context. 'The Colis

"Similar thing happened in Rome: the marble from the Coliseum was stripped and used to build St Peters." Oh please - this is really out of context. 'The Coliseum' was a place of mass murder, moreover, at the time that any materials may have been salvaged or 're-purposed' nobody in the world was concerned about the historical significance of much at all.