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  2. Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo], ultimately from Ancient Greek word "kolossos" meaning a large statue or giant) 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 ...

  4. What Gladiator II Gets Right and Wrong - AOL

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    W hen we think of ancient Rome, gladiator fights are often top of mind.And yet, very little is known about these Colosseum battles, which is what arguably makes them great fodder for imaginative ...

  5. Priscus (gladiator) - Wikipedia

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    Priscus and Verus' fight occurred on the first day of the games, which celebrated the opening of the Colosseum. These games consisted mainly of gladiatorial fights, animal spectacles and staged sea battles. [2] These games helped placate the Roman masses and increased Titus' popularity to the end of his reign in 81 AD.

  6. Airbnb's idea to hold gladiator battles in Rome's Colosseum ...

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    Airbnb is planning to host gladiator fights in Rome's Colosseum. Selected guests can take part in a mock battle while dressed in gladiator garb, Airbnb says. But some local lawmakers aren't happy ...

  7. Spectacles in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Cerealia were celebrated in ancient Rome with a ceremony and then with the ludi cerealici in the Circus Maximus (painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1894).. The spectacles in ancient Rome were numerous, open to all citizens and generally free of charge; some of them were distinguished by the grandeur of the stagings and cruelty.

  8. Sexuality in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    A castration clamp from Roman Britain thought to have been used either by devotees of Cybele [210] or by veterinarians, with the heads of deities and animals having ritual significance [211] During the Republican period , a Lex Cornelia prohibited various kinds of mutilation, including castration.

  9. Verus (gladiator) - Wikipedia

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    Verus was a well-known gladiator during the reigns of the Emperors Vespasian and Titus in the later part of the 1st century. [1] [2] His combat with Priscus was the highlight of the opening day of the games conducted by Titus to inaugurate the Flavian Amphitheatre (later the Colosseum) in AD 80, and recorded in a laudatory poem by Martial — the only detailed description of a gladiatorial ...