Max spoke about his experiences building the Roman sets and the Colosseum, how technology aided the production design process, and more. “From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II ...

August 18, 2000 Web posted at 5:53 p.m. EST (2153 GMT) RELATED SITES. Objectives. Students will: Determine the function and cultural value of the ancient Roman Colosseum.

The Colosseum: Building the Arena of Death Discover the workings of this icon of the Roman Empire. Explore a plan of the Colosseum to investigate six key areas.

Yet nearly 2,000 years after our people helped to build the Colosseum, I note that there are no Roman emperors. There is no Roman empire. There are no more games in the arena.

My Colosseum is about 10 percent bigger because when you have a horse going full gallop, you want him to not run into a wall. So we built 50 percent real and digitally put in the rest. When you ...

Gladiator 2: The incredible true history of Colosseum water battles. Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’ has been accused of peddling ‘total Hollywood bulls***’, but many aspects of the film ...

When it comes to the Colosseum sea battle in “Gladiator II,” Scott is surprisingly not deviating too far from history. A form of ancient Roman theater was called “naumachia,” in which sea ...

The Colosseum with Dan Snow (w.t.), set to be produced by streaming service History Hit, ... This is the real story of the building and the gladiators, punishments and games that it hosted.