Once Maximus enters the Colosseum, the action intensifies, beginning with the magnificent reenactment of the Battle of Zama.

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free men queued to take their chances in the arena. Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often ...

One of the structures - the "bronze phalluses," as Max's team would refer to them - was involved in a key moment of the gladiators' rhino battle in the sequel. The naval battle reenactment was ...