Colosseum
It showcases the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the Colosseum, one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity.
- Metascore65
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- A+E Networks
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Documentary
- TV-14
It showcases the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the Colosseum, one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
The Gladiators
Sun, Jul 17, 2022
It's 80 AD and the colosseum is open for business. Roman emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate, including an epic battle to the death between gladiators Priscus and Verus.
Episode 2
The Builder
Sun, Jul 24, 2022
Emperor Domitian tasks master builder Haterius with building a labyrinth underneath the colosseum floor.
Episode 3
The Beastmaster
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Beast master Carpophorus is enslaved by the Romans and trained to fight beasts in the Colosseum.
Episode 4
The Gladiatrix
Sun, Aug 7, 2022
The mighty Emperor Trajan throws his great games of A.D. 107, and the crowd is treated to a rare spectacle: female gladiators.
Episode 5
The Martyr
Sun, Aug 14, 2022
Ignatius refuses to pledge his allegiance to the emperor and for this crime he is forced to travel 1800 miles in chains and mostly on foot from Antioch to Rome where awaits his final punishment at The Colosseum.
Episode 6
The Scientist
Sun, Aug 21, 2022
Gladiators were valuable, the games politically priceless, so their medical care was the best money could buy. During the rule of stoic emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius, who hated bloodshed, hence would even replace gladiator swords with wooden ones, and his (first-ever) co-emperor Lucius Verus, a bloodthirsty general, no lesser then Galenus, the main founder of modern medicine and most prolific author of all Antiquity, sought to be introduced to court via his philosophy teacher Eudemus, but was ignored and turned to the main 'ludus' (gladiator school). While the army in northern Italy was paralyzed during the Marcomannic War by small pocks, an unprecedented epidemic which decimate the entire empire, Galen won imperial trust saving Eudemus. Countless observations on gladiator wounds -achieving an unprecedented high success rate- and regular patients helped scientific observer Galen develop suitable diagnosis and treatment for countless conditions, yet his key to fame was a 'panacea' concocted from numerous ingredients, believed to save the emperor's life. Galen was later left as tutor for crown prince Commodus as the emperor was drawn away on the endless wars against barbaric invasions that wouldn't end before the Western Empire did.
Episode 7
The Emperor
Sun, Aug 28, 2022
The reign of Commodus brings turmoil, famine, and absentee government; but the colosseum remains center stage.
Episode 8
The Pagan
Sun, Sep 4, 2022
By the 4th Century AD, a divided Roman Empire is rocked by devastating earthquakes, fires, barbarian invasions, and deep religious divides. As Rome declines, the Colosseum, which once stood as a proud symbol of the Empire's glory, lies empty.
