<HTML>David,
I think you should get a copy of Garretts book "Bathing in public in the Roman world". The parallels between it and "Chariots of the Gods" are incredible only instead of being mere speculation Garrett has evidence for the claims he makes. He takes Von Danikens idea that ancient astronauts seeded human civilisation by speculating that the Romans were monkey like astronauts from a planet orbiting Sirius and the Colisseum is really an alien spacecraft.
I might be wrong tho' as its a while since I read it.
Cheers,
Duncan</HTML>