a flurry of images from around the colosseum, the energy mounting. at this point we see practically nothing of the inside of the colosseum:
the hymn is all we hear as we see.
commodus, still swathed in the lion skin, his head down, slowly walks out on the platform that now extends from the imperial box.
commodus continues:
commodus continues:
from high above we see maximus and lucius riding out of the colosseum and disappearing into the streets of rome.