NOVA - Colosseum: Roman Death Trap
(eVideo)

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PBS (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
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[San Francisco, California, USA] : PBS, 2015., Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
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eVideo
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English

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Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by PBS in 2015.
Description
The Colosseum is a monument to Roman imperial power and cruelty. Its graceful lines and harmonious proportions concealed a highly efficient design and advanced construction methods that made hundreds of arches out of 100,000 tons of stone. In its elliptical arena, tens of thousands of gladiators, slaves, prisoners and wild animals met their deaths. Ancient texts report lions and elephants emerging from beneath the floor, as if by magic, to ravage gladiators and people condemned to death.. Then, just as quickly, the Colosseum could be flooded with so much water that ships could engage in sea battles. Could these legends be true? Now, with access to one of the world's most protected world heritage sites, archaeologists and engineers team up to re-create ancient Roman techniques to build a 25-foot lifting machine and trap-door system capable of releasing a wolf into the Colosseum's arena for the first time in 1,500 years..
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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In English

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

(2015). NOVA - Colosseum: Roman Death Trap . PBS.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

2015. NOVA - Colosseum: Roman Death Trap. PBS.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

NOVA - Colosseum: Roman Death Trap PBS, 2015.

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NOVA - Colosseum: Roman Death Trap PBS, 2015.

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