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Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death a.k.a. Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television and France 2 docudrama which tells the true story of Verus, a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome.
The Colosseum is today one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions, receiving millions of visitors annually. [citation needed] The effects of pollution and general deterioration over time prompted a major restoration programme carried out between 1993 and 2000, at a cost of 40 billion lire ($19.3 million or €20.6 million at 2000 prices).
The Colosseum opened in the year 80 A.D. and was the largest building in Rome at that time. The stadium held gladiator games where warriors would battle until their death, but those games were ...
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 ...
Articles relating to the Colosseum, its history, and its depictions. The building is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome , Italy , just east of the Roman Forum . It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.
The first naumachia on record dates back to 46 B.C. and was authorized by Julius Caesar, and some of them were eventually staged in the Colosseum. Roman emperor Domitian is believed to have put on ...
Construction of the Colosseum started under Vespasian in a low valley surrounded by the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine hills. The site became available to Nero by the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 and redeveloped for his personal enjoyment with the construction of a huge artificial lake in the Domus Aurea, and a colossal statue of himself.
An exploration of ancient sewers beneath the Colosseum, the world’s most recognizable stadium, revealed the kinds of food spectators snacked on in the stands and the animals that met their fate ...