A massive Roman amphitheater in the heart of Rome, the Colosseum served as an arena for gladiatorial combat and animal hunts, spectacles associated with figures as low in social standing as gladiators themselves. The emperor Commodus used it as a personal stage, fighting gladiators and killing animals there to support his self-identification with Hercules. The structure endures as a landmark beside which Constantine's triumphal arch still stands, erected after his victory at the Milvian Bridge.
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Episode 2 (1 mention)
The Roman amphitheater where Commodus spent hours fighting gladiators and shooting animals to demonstrate his belief that he was a reincarnated Hercules. Brownworth notes that Romans considered gladiators to be the bottom rung of society.
“Hercules, and spent many hours fighting gladiators and shooting animals in the Colosseum to”
Episode 3 (1 mention)
Referenced as a landmark beside which Constantine's triumphal arch still stands, where Constantine made careful non-Christian reference to divinity after his victory at the Milvian Bridge.
“On his triumphal arch, still standing just outside the Colosseum, he made no mention”
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