Why don't the Italians get on the ball and repair the colosseum? It's easy to see what the missing parts would have been like. It's one of the most famous buildings in the world. Why would they just let it crumble?
I was half-convinced that first sentence was going to be: Why don't the Italians get out the ball-and-chain and be done with that colosseum Kidding...
The Christians won some elections and 'deported' all of the lions. Evidently they grew tired of being used for lion chow.