Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death

Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death

📺 Series GB
โ˜… 7.1 /10 2003

A semi-documentary about the life of Verus, a captive from the Rome's Balkan province of Moesia, who is pressed into the harsh life of a slave in Italian rock quarry. He sees no long term future there, so when the owner of a gladiatorial school comes there to recruit prospective fighters for his school, he purposely picks a fight with another slave to attract attention. Both he and Priscus, the Celtic slave, join the school, become friends, and build careers as renowned gladiators, adored by the crowds in the arena and desired by women of the aristocratic class. The Emporer Titus completes his father Vespasian's pet project, the Colosseum, and wants the inaugural games worthy of his memory, so he specifically selects Verus to fight in them.

Cast

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Robert Shannon
Verus
Derek Lea
Derek Lea
Priscus
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Jamel Aroui
Titus
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Lotfi Dziri
Trainer
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Hichem Rostom
Lanista
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Dorra Zarrouk
Imperial Lady
Ross Kemp
Ross Kemp
Verus
Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington
Narrator
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Jeffrey Gibson
The Poet Martial
John Benjamin Hickey
John Benjamin Hickey
Verus
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Ilan Eshkeri
Composer
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Peter Greenhalgh
Cinematographer