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  2. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens the Colosseum was replaced by a depiction of the Panathinaiko Stadium; The exterior of the Vancouver Public Library in British Columbia resembles the current state of the Colosseum. It was designed by Moshe Safdie. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum entrance was inspired by the Colosseum.

  3. Acropolis of Athens - Wikipedia

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    The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance ...

  4. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens - Wikipedia

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    They sought to surpass two famous contemporary temples, the Heraion of Samos and the second Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Designed by the architects Antistates , Callaeschrus , Antimachides and Phormos , the Temple of Olympian Zeus was intended to be built of local limestone in the Doric style on a colossal platform measuring 41 m (135 ft) by ...

  5. Odeon (building) - Wikipedia

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    The prototype odeon was the Odeon of Pericles (Odeon of Athens), a mainly wooden building by the southern slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was described by Plutarch as "many-seated and many-columned" and may have been square, though excavations have also suggested a different shape, 208 ft × 62 ft (63 m × 19 m).

  6. Gladiator 2: The incredible true history of Colosseum water ...

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    However, Scott has vocally pushed back against the idea that he invented the idea of water battles in the Colosseum. “You’re dead wrong,” the 86-year-old told an interviewer from Collider .

  7. List of Greek and Roman architectural records - Wikipedia

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    Parthenon in Athens. The largest post and lintel roof by span spanned the Parthenon in Athens. It measured 19.20 m between the cella walls, with an unsupported span of 11.05 m between the interior colonnades. [86] Sicilian temples of the time featured slightly larger cross sections, but these may have been covered by truss roofs instead. [87]

  8. Fact-checking 'Gladiator II': Were there really sharks in the ...

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    But Scott is willing to believe it was within the realm of possibility, especially since the Colosseum and other parts of ancient Rome, such as what is now Piazza Navona, were in fact flooded in ...

  9. ‘Gladiator II’ Fact or Fiction: Did the Colosseum Actually ...

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    Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” is full of memorable action scenes, from a bloody showdown featuring CGI baboons to Paul Mescal outsmarting a charging rhino in the Roman Colosseum. But one ...