When Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 arrives in cinemas this week, some viewers may assume that the spectacular scenes of the Colosseum in Rome being flooded in order to host naval battles are merely ...
How the Colosseum, filled with water and stocked with predators, becomes the scene of epic naval combat in Ridley Scott’s sequel. By Christopher Kuo When “Gladiator” was released in 2000, fans and ...
Men working on the replica of the elevator that took wild animals to the Roman Colosseum floor. © ANGELO CARCONI/epa/Corbis A replica of the elevator that took wild ...