Originally Posted by Grapesoda

too much other stuff was taken down to think that rome had an historical society that preserved buildings. if they had been that keen on preserving old stuff why didn't rome rebuild or maintain the aqueducts which were much more useful and needed much more than a fucked up old sport arena.... because basically that's all the coliseum is, and ever was... and if they had been all that concerned why wasn't it rebuilt?

think about stuff in a practical way instead of romanticized