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The film was produced by the BBC in co-production with the Discovery Channel, France 2 and NDR. BBC History commissioned the online-game Gladiator: Dressed to Kill [ 1 ] and the animation Colosseum: Building the Arena of Death [ 2 ] to tie-in with the series.
There is a widespread view among contemporary specialists [28] that the prominence of Christians among those condemned to death in the Roman arena was greatly exaggerated in earlier times. There is no evidence for Christians being executed at the Colosseum in Rome. [29] According to Roman laws, Christians were: [30] [better source needed]
The arena substructure was partly excavated in 1810–1814 and 1874 and was fully exposed under Benito Mussolini in the 1930s. [18] The Colosseum is today one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions, receiving millions of visitors annually.
Colossus of the Arena (Italian: Maciste il gladiatore più forte del mondo, also known as Death on the Arena) is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Michele Lupo and starred by Mark Forest. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
the life and career of Vercingetorix (starring Christopher Lambert), a Gallic adversary of Rome in the film of Jacques Dorfmann Dragon Blade: 2015 By 48 BC, The Roman Republic enters the Silk Road under the command of General Tiberius who leads the Romans against Rebel forces of Huo An and the Han dynasty. Julius Caesar: 2002 Empire: 2005 Rome ...
Films about gladiatorial combat, combat involving gladiators, armed combatants who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and social standing by appearing in the ...
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius towards the end of August 79 CE. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This eruption covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing a large number of people trapped between the volcano and the sea.
An evil and highly narcissistic Commodus is portrayed by Canadian actor Christopher Plummer in the classic epic film The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), directed by Anthony Mann. This film depicts all of this emperor's reign, from the death of Marcus Aurelius until his own death while fighting against the fictional hero Livius.