TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

IamNobuddy@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

Mothra@mander.xyz · edit-2 7 days ago

Ye it was just for entertainment and scaled down but that’s still a pretty large space to fill and that’s what makes it remarkable, not the presumed accuracy of naval warfare. Talking about the coliseum btw, not the movie. Movie is lousy

glimse@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

I’m sure it was quite impressive! The water just wasn’t all that deep like how it was portrayed in the movie and I was very disappointed to learn the truth

TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

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