Held on an artificial lake, it featured 30 large ships carrying some 3,000 ... claim that the Colosseum was flooded for a sea battle at its inauguration. After some debate, historians now accept ...
However, there is a record of a rhino at the inauguration of the Colosseum ... grandest sea battle was provided by Emperor Claudius on Lake Fucinus, a spectacle involving 100 ships and some ...
Held on an artificial lake, it featured 30 large ships carrying some 3,000 ... claim that the Colosseum was flooded for a sea battle at its inauguration. After some debate, historians now accept ...