Why do so many Roman statues have missing noses?
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Give me proof it was Christians defacing pagan temples. You'll probably find cases where Christians were retaliating for being mass-slaughtered by people trying to force paganism down their throats, but mostly Christians were fine living side-by-side with pagans.
Christ showed how paganism and "judaism" (actually Moses) were not enemies. He provided a path to bring the pagan into the circle without the pagan having to give up his culture or history. That was the message that Paul and others brought to the world. You don't need to cut off your foreskin to be acceptable to God, for instance.
Paul spends a LONG time trying to explain why eating meat sacrificed to idols is no sin, except for the fact that some Christians (jews) were so weak in their faith that they would be offended by it because they can't understand simple concepts like "Jesus saves" so it's probably better not to piss people off for little gain.
The historical record shows that it wasn't Christians running around burning books and destroying temples. If anything, they were preserving them.