the colosseum in rome

[Mattk]

a beautiful construction im sure youd agree but my question is does anyone know why/when/how it was partially ruined ?

cheers

[RevShirls]

You can find a wee timeline here:

http://www.hillmanwonders.com/colloseum_rome/colloseum_r ome.htm#_vtop

[Hgrove]

They say that in Renaissance times, stones were removed to be used as building materials elsewhere, giving rise to the saying "quod non fecerunt Barbari, fecerunt Barberini": what the Barbarians did not do, the Barberini (aristocratic family) did.