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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;octavius, post: 4387582, member: 100777&quot;]It is true that the Colosseum could not be filled with water and thereby hold naval battles after Domitian had the hypogeum built. It was actually the Emperor Claudius who staged the most famous naval battle of Lake Fucine in central Italy. All the participants were criminals or convicts. The entire lake was surrounder by soldiers, so no one could escape alive. No one did.</p><p>This spectacle is said to be where the phrase &quot;Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant!&quot; initially came from. ( Hail Caesar! Those who are about to die salute you!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104701[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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