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Re:The Diolkos: an ancient Greek paved trackway enabling boa... by wil421 on Monday August 01, 2016 @10:22AM (#12202563)
Of course nothing survived unscathed but if I recall correctly the Pantheon's marble interior/floor is still mostly original.

The Catholic Popes melted down anything they could find to create Christian things.

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Re:The Diolkos: an ancient Greek paved trackway enabling boa... by wlesieutre on Monday August 01, 2016 @11:56AM (#12203408)
As the saying goes, "What the barbarians did not do the Barberinis did"

(in reference to Pope Urban VIII's family name, Barberini)

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