Later on, when Lucius and other Gladiator II characters fight in the much larger arena of the Colosseum, they face many deadly threats, including a charging rhinoceros ridden by a gladiator.

The heart of this Rome, of course, is the Coliseum, where throngs cheer for the gladiators who fight and die. There, the ageless Scott remains remarkably at home. The arena, with its eruptions of ...