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.

Printable version McCartney rocks the Colosseum. McCartney performed for almost three hours. Paul McCartney performed in front of about 500,000 people outside Rome's Colosseum on Sunday, a day after ...

NPR's Scott Simon details the "gladiator experience" that 16 lucky — or unlucky — people might have next year inside the Roman Colosseum. Will they not be entertained?