 A new wooden roof overlaid with clay tiles was installed to cover the sanctuary.It sloped at a greater incline than the original roof and left the building's wings exposed.The Parthenon survived as a temple dedicated to Athena for nearly 1,000 years until Theodosius II, during the Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, decreed in 435 AD that all pagan temples in the Eastern Roman Empire be closed.