[nufsed]

Two pioints. You can take the Scavi tour under St. Pauls. Side view of St. Peter's grave site. Book early online.

The Colosseum is in ruins mostly because popes and rulers took stone from it to build the Vatican, not because God let it go to ruin.

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks...

I think the point Cal was making is that the Roman Empire was expected to last forever, and Christianity was going to die out quickly.