Once-secret Emperor Commodus’ passage to Rome Colosseum opens to public for the first time

The once-secret corridor — known as the “Commodus Passage” and named after the Roman emperor turned into a pop icon by Ridley Scott’s movie “Gladiator” — opens to the public on Oct. 27, marking an extraordinary milestone in archaeological preservation and access. Archaeologists at the Colosseum Arc...

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