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Season 42 Episode 6 | 53m 10s
1500 years ago, how did the Romans engineer bloody spectacles and reenact sea battles?
Aired: 02/11/15
Expired: 12/06/18
Video has closed captioning.
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1500 years ago, how did the Romans engineer bloody spectacles and reenact sea battles?
The Colosseum was built in just several years due to a clever use of repeating arches.
