However, Scott has vocally pushed back against the idea that he invented the idea of water battles in the Colosseum. “You’re ...

However, Scott has vocally pushed back against the idea that he invented the idea of water battles in the Colosseum. “You’re dead wrong,” the 86-year-old told an interviewer from Collider.

Areas, including the Colosseum, were flooded with water for staged fights. These mock naval battles, known as naumachia, began during Julius Caesar's rule in Rome.

Welcome back to the “Gladiator” universe! This movie has everything—decapitations, a monkey senator, an inexplicable newspaper, and an epic naval battle performed inside the walls of the Colosseum..

Roman emperor Domitian is believed to have put on a sea battle in the Colosseum in 85 AD, for instance. The “Gladiator II” naumachia raises the stakes by adding sharks, although that is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...