While Cicero (Tommy Flanagan) is waiting to talk to Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) outside the Colosseum, he can be seen standing next to the giant foot of a statue. The foot also appears in a deleted scene with Proximo (Oliver Reed). Although the rest of the statue isn't seen, given the size of the foot, the statue itself is most likely the Colossus of Nero, a ninety-eight-foot (thirty meter) bronze statue that Emperor Nero had erected in his own likeness. It is interesting to know that the statue did not always stand next to the Colosseum. It had been moved there years after its creation, and was probably the reason for the stadium to be nicknamed "Colosseum" (which was officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater). Years later, the real emperor Commodus had the statue changed to himself as Hercules by replacing the head, but it was restored after his death. The statue itself was most likely destroyed and pillaged during earthquakes or Barbarian invasions, with only the pedestal remaining. The rest of the statue isn't seen in the movie, probably because no accurate visual depictions of the statue have survived.