The largest recorded naumachia came some years later. This reenactment of battle between the “Rhodians” and “Sicilians” was ...

As Gladiator 2 – or II to be more accurate – hits big screens around the country, the spectacle on display will be dropping a ...

They used real ships and gladiators and ... According to the official website for The Colosseum in Rome, these types of staged battles were usually held in arenas specially constructed for ...

Question for Goldman: How many people lived in Rome when the ... flooding it for mock sea battles? ~Marc Answer: There has always been a debate about whether the Colosseum itself was ever used ...

Ridley Scott had one directive for production designer Arthur Max on “Gladiator II”: “I want to go big. I want to imply the ...

As the most enduring symbol of the Roman Empire and one of the most famous landmarks in the world, the Colosseum receives more than 6 million visitors per year – which means it's not easy to ...

Emperor Titus, who ruled from 79 to 81 AD ( Gladiator 2 is set in 211 AD), oversaw the construction of the Colosseum and, ...