Colosseum

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Season 1
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Aug 21, 2023
    80
    Although the episodes feel remarkably effortless, they manage to impart the darnedest amount of information.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Jul 18, 2022
    70
    The soundtrack, the visuals and even the show's bookish witnesses to history can wax a bit hyperbolic, but the series takes pains not to rework the overly familiar and just for that is worth a look.
  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Aug 18, 2023
    60
    The dramatised parts, if at times slightly histrionic, were mostly well done and complemented the historical analysis of a structure that was.
  5. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Jul 18, 2022
    30
    Between the CGI blood, the disjointed dramatic scenes, and the somewhat stilted expert interviews, it feels like anyone who wants to get the history of the Colosseum in Rome would be better served reading its Wikipedia entry than slogging through 8 hours of Colosseum.