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Answer: Always wondered what made these holes in ancient ruins.

Cannon, bullets, wind and rain over a few thousand years?

Nope.

They constructed the Colosseum with iron bars embedded in the stone and their version of concrete to earthquake-proof the vast structure.

During the Middle Ages the locals found out about the builders techniques, and promptly chiselled into the bloody thing and nicked all the metal! – FWR

What caused all these holes in a Roman ruin?
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