Thread 16836251

How come the Coliseum is still standing?

>>16836251 (OP)
it's really really heavy and wide.
See: "Earthquake Baroque"

survivorship bias

the real question is why isn't there much else from that time period still standing?

the answer is your map

>>16836279
This, Italy and Greece are both full of collapsed ruins.

Pretty much all of the "ancient ruins" in Europe were constructed during the 1800s as tourist traps. Constructing fanciful false ruins back then was common hobby of the wealthy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly#Follies_in_18th-century_French_and_English_gardens

>>16836577
this guy fucks (imaginary space aliens)

>>16836577
>Oy vey! You filthy goyim don't have any history or culture. Now Isreal, that's a country with some history behind it. Over 3000 years of Jewish history and culture

>>16836784
lmao this sucker unironically thinks piltdownman is real

>>16836277
>"Earthquake Baroque"
That's cool as fuck ty nigga