The Colosseum in Rome is one of the world?s most amazing buildings. This immense oval stadium was home to the most violent and deadly spectator sport in history, gladiatorial combat. The Roman gladiator whose story is told here is Verus, one of two victors in the only gladiatorial battle that was ever described in detail (by the Roman poet Martial in 80 A.D.). Using this factual record as its basis, Colosseum follows Verus as he is recruited from slavery, trained in gladiator's school, rises to favor among wealthy Romans, and ultimately battles his best friend, Priscus, to a crowd-pleasing draw in the inaugural games of glorious, brand-new Colosseum, the construction of which is shown in fascinating detail. Combining authoritative narration with diary-like voiceovers from Verus's perspective, this riveting 50-minute BBC production is simultaneously intimate and epic in scale, employing the latest in digital compositing techniques to achieve its unparalleled visual splendor. With well-cast actors speaking authentic Latin, this sumptuous production is both dramatically involving and exacting in every detail.
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The Colosseum in Rome is one of the world?s most amazing buildings. This
immense oval stadium was home to the most violent and deadly spectator sport
in history, gladiatorial combat. The Roman gladiator whose story is told
here is Verus, one of two victors in the only gladiatorial battle that was
ever described in detail (by the Roman poet Martial in 80 A.D.). Using this
factual record as its basis, Colosseum follows Verus as he is recruited from
slavery, trained in gladiator's school, rises to favor among wealthy Romans,
and ultimately battles his best friend, Priscus, to a crowd-pleasing draw in
the inaugural games of glorious, brand-new Colosseum, the construction of
which is shown in fascinating detail. Combining authoritative narration with
diary-like voiceovers from Verus's perspective, this riveting 50-minute BBC
production is simultaneously intimate and epic in scale, employing the latest
in digital compositing techniques to achieve its unparalleled visual splendor.
With well-cast actors speaking authentic Latin, this sumptuous production is
both dramatically involving and exacting in every detail.
Technical Specs
Video Codec: XviD
Video Bitrate: 1708 kbps
Video Resolution: 704x384
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.833:1
Audio Codec: 0x2000(AC3, Dolby Laboratories, Inc) AC3
Audio Bitrate: 224 kbps
Audio Streams: 1
Audio Languages: English
RunTime Per Part: 00:50:35 (75884 Frames)
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 735,008,768 Bytes
Subtitles: Romanian
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