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.

That battle between the Corcyreans and Corinthians precipitated the Peloponnesian War, in 434 BCE, so would have taken place ...

That battle between the Corcyreans and Corinthians precipitated the Peloponnesian War, in 434 BCE, so would have taken place a little over 500 years before it was recreated in the Colosseum.

Scott, who has never shied away from being snide about his decisions, had joked at the Alien: Romulus premiere about how they would’ve gotten sharks in the Colosseum. He said, “That’s easy.

It turns into a battle with gladiators and the Emperors’ guards falling into shark-infested water. To set it up, Mathieson explains the sequence was actually shot twice.

Ridley Scott's "Gladiator 2" features a standout action set piece where the Colosseum is filled with water and sharks. ... When it comes to the Colosseum sea battle in “Gladiator II,” Scott is ...

Ridley Scott's epic sequel starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington has been widely criticised for its historical inaccuracies.

This time around, things had moved forward and the Colosseum was at its height. But also there had been huge … ‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer Breaks Down Flooding the Colosseum for a Shark ...

"Gladiator II" shows the Roman Colosseum as it likely never was: filled with water and sharks in order to host bloody sea-battle re-enactments.

Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’ has been accused of peddling ‘total Hollywood bulls***’, but many aspects of the film are backed up by historical record ...

Much like its approach to the Colosseum games, several of the characters involved in Gladiator II were based on real people, but what happens to them in the film is fiction. In 211 AD, Caracalla ...

That battle between the Corcyreans and Corinthians precipitated the Peloponnesian War, in 434 BCE, so would have taken place a little over 500 years before it was recreated in the Colosseum. Meanwhile ...