Let me try this again since my original comment got removed.
The Colosseum is in and of itself, a monument to the victims and a site of great historical significance.
And demolishing it would be just as much of an insult to the victims who perished there as would bulldozing Auschwitz down to the ground and putting up a simple plaque would be, or turning the Gettysburg battlefield into a resort and theme park and high-density housing track with a little roadside monument, or wanting the Sistine Chapel torn down because of some the past abuses levied by the Catholic Church.
Not to mention that destroying ancient historical sites is something the Taliban and ISIS did.
Let’s not do that.
agreed, all history should not be wiped out, including the confederate flag, names on High Schools. heck in Albany the just removed the Philip Schuyler statue in front of city hall, he had slaves....they forgot he was a revolutionary war HERO.
Most gladiatorial events weren’t fatal. That’s a Hollyweird invention. Making them fatal would be like entering your Ferrari in a demolition derby. Most of the events were racing and animal fights - animal vs animal, man vs animal, etc. This is something that still goes on - bullfighting,
dog fighting, etc. Immoral by our modern standards but once very common. Public executions there did occur & Christians to the lions was very rare again in spite of Hollyweird and religious traditions.
Yet, to wit: Statues in the US.
Well said.
Very well said.
Thank you-I agree...
Your first two suggestions have actual movements behind them, and denaturing Gettyburg nearly succeeded.
However, who wants the Sistine Chapel torn down? I have never heard of such a thing. And what are these "past abuses" that would warrant imploding the Cappella Magna? Or did your imagination just run straight to that idea?