However, Scott has vocally pushed back against the idea that he invented the idea of water battles in the Colosseum.
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When the interviewer asked whether it’s true the battles involved sharks, a point Dr Bartsch particularly criticised, Scott responded: “Dude, if you can build a Colosseum you can flood it with f***ing water.
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The contemporaneous Roman historian Cassius Dio wrote that animals were involved in the performace, albeit horses and bulls rather than sharks, which imply the water was relatively shallow.