You're right (also not sure why I confused Elisha with revolutionary war lawyer James Otis). It looks like there were elevators in the Colosseum, and allegedly Archimedes made one

Unfortunately, a lot of this isn't true. The air conditioner was Invented by William Carrier fifty years earlier, and the elevator was invented by James Otis in the 1850s. Not to mention ones like the guitar and the lock, which are significantly older than the list date

Sure!