“The goal, of course, was to have the strangest animals you’ve ever seen,” Ginsberg says of the spectacles inside of the Colosseum. “And that can mean animals no one has ever seen.” ...

The venatio could also feature fights between animals, as with the Colosseum rhinoceros, but most often the contest consisted of bulls against an elephant or bear. Animal hunts outlasted ...

Much like its predecessor, “Gladiator II” centers on spectacular gladiatorial games held at the Colosseum, which pits captive warriors like Lucius against other men as well as animals in combat.

The discovery confirms the presence of exotic animals in Roman Britain's arenas ... find is as significant as uncovering a piece of the Colosseum - just hundreds of miles from Rome.

In "Gladiator II," a fighter is seen riding into the Colosseum on a giant rhino. This isn't likely to have happened, given that the animals were mostly there to be tracked and killed. Yes and no ...

Over 9,000 animals died as well. Jewish slaves were corralled into the Hypogeum. That is a two-level underground prison, tunnel network, and system of cages under the Colosseum. It even had a ...