Gladiators – Heroes of the Colosseum26.9.2015 – 27.3.2016
In collaboration with the Director of the Colosseum, Dr. Rossella Rea, the ambition of this large-scale exhibition is to illustrate this compelling, fascinating world in its myriad of complexities. The exhibition unfolds on two paths revealing two protagonists, interwoven by destiny: the gladiators and the Colosseum, that colossal, complex structure that was the stage upon which their fate was determined. Fact is separated from fiction through an exhibition that follows both a chronological and thematic order. GLADIATORS – HEROES OF THE COLOSSEUM is the first international travelling exhibition in collaboration with the Colosseum in Rome with significant original loans coming from important Italian museums and institutions and with the support of the Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Roma, Rome.