One of the cool aspects of PEPLUM films is seeing films with scenes set in the arena with elaborate set-ups. Here are just a few examples. These don't include scenes with standard gladiatorial arenas but just those with added themes or contraptions.
A mock fortress surrounded by a motte in FABIOLA
In SPARTACO : SINS OF ROME, a full ship with oars in a pool of water
An elaborate elevated fighting area in BARABBAS
GLADIATORS 7 : An elevated catwalk area to fight, with wooden spikes waiting below
Am surprised that nobody has noted that your fourth example is from "Gladiators Seven".
ReplyDeleteThe folks who paid good sesterces for ringside seats, only to find that their view is occluded by the wall, and thus they can see nothing unless someone falls to his death on the wooden stakes to either side, got rooked!
And the fifth item is an elaborate feat of strength combined with an Elaborate and Improbable Torture device--except that the audience does not know that "Hercules" has been robbed of his superhuman strength after killing an innocent man by mistake. Thus, he has only the strength of a natural man of his size and build--which isn't going to help him in this torturous test.
Perhaps he best possible frame grab, showing all aspects of this device.