WHY THE PARTHENON HAS LASTED FOR CENTURIES. The Parthenon in Rome has already lasted 1800 years. It is made of concrete, but Tim Harford offers an additional explanation for why it has survived when so many Roman buildings have not. Bricks can be reused in other buildings, and they were so reused in Rome. Concrete can’t be reused. It can only be reduced to rubble
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Don’t you mean the Pantheon. Just the dome was concrete.