Why is the Coliseum, with its lift for introducing wild animals, being rebuilt now?

La Salette Journey ^ | June 8, 2015 | Paul Melanson

[GraceG]

They gonna start feeding Christians to the lions again?

[Resolute Conservative]

If you sub lions with “muslimes” it is already underway.

[Hiro Protaginast]

Who let you out of the asylum?

[humblegunner]

It’s being rebuilt because you are a scumsucking blogpimp:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:cleghornboy/index?tab=articles

[agrarianlady]

This is a ridiculous waste of space. Yes, it’s already a bloody time for Christians - just read the news! But this just makes whoever wrote it sound like an ignoramus.

So tired of this nonsense, and I’m a Christian.

[Talisker]

...scumsucking blogpimp...

Enduring your mental illness is one of the few downers of Free Republic.

Take a pill or something.

[ozzymandus]

It’s called history, idiot.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Wouldn’t they prefer to feed us to lions in some more comfortable modern venue, like Wembley Stadium or CenturyLink Field? Someplace with luxury boxes and a Jumbotron?

[SunkenCiv]

I hadn't laughed at something like that in ages. LOL!

[a fool in paradise]

I don’t know if they are going to go that far (Christian meat isn’t halal) but the timing almost seems symbolic and I did see a documentary about the lift on PBS this year.

[SunkenCiv]

I had often wondered when the great statue that gave the edifice its name had gone for good -- apparently a mere 1000 years ago, apparently pulled down to recycle its bronze.

Rome Colosseum repair to be funded by Tods shoe firm 21 [January 2011] The founder of the Tod's luxury shoe brand has said he will cover the cost of restoring the Colosseum. Officials have accepted Diego Della Valle's offer to sponsor the restoration of the ancient Roma arena. Rome's mayor described news the city finally had the funds to undertake the project as "the end of a nightmare". Restoration work, which will cost some €25m (£21m; $34m), is expected to begin at the end of the year and will take two and a half years to complete. "A monument that represents Italy in the world must be restored, and a company that represents Made in Italy stepped forward to say, 'If you need us, we are here'," Mr Della Valle, who founded the shoe company Tod's, told a press conference. He added that he hoped other entrepreneurs would also get involved in raising the funds needed. The sponsorship campaign is the biggest to rescue Italy's crumbling archaeological treasures with private money. The ancient Roman arena, which dates from 80 AD and attracts some six million visitors a year, is blackened by pollution and shaken by the vibrations of an underground metro line that runs nearby. The monument is expected to stay open to visitors during the period of restoration and Mr Della Valle promised he would not use the structure as a vast advertising space. "I won't put Tod's shoes on the Colosseum," he said.

[SunkenCiv]

RESHAN’S AMAZING STONE MODEL (a Kurd from Syria, his email has stopped working)
http://www.the-colosseum.net/around/Reshan.htm

[Fiji Hill]

Why is the Coliseum being rebuilt now? Why is it so important to rebuild the lifts for introducing wild animals into the Coliseum?

Perhaps the NFL is expanding to Rome. Then Bears, Jaguars, Lions, Rams and other critters will be showing up.

[cornfedcowboy]

concupiscence? My perspicaciousness is waning.

[moovova]

Good luck getting any of the current feline residents of the Colosseum into that cage...

[Celtic Conservative]

I’m with humble on this one. Cleghorn’s posting history is quite clear.

CC

[Organic Panic]

"Why is the Coliseum being rebuilt now? Why is it so important to rebuild the lifts for introducing wild animals into the Coliseum?"

Because some man has lots of time and an interest in such things. Why did someone rebuild an Egyptian Chariot? Why do people build replica trebuchet? Because it's fun.

[GeronL]

They probably do want that

[dljordan]

“Why is the Coliseum being rebuilt now?”

Because “the empire never ended”.