hmm i would assume this is undeveloped potential path
yet again it may be called beta rome but it doesnt feel like it really
so many visuals are not present there and map feels more like a dead blockout
regarding visuals i am speaking more like "way too many empty surfaces which 100% needed to have something"
during beta stages i believe many things could change from level design to all the way combat area design since these two go hand in hand
my best guess regarding this would be a spot with shields and crates
if we consider this a finished area for example the only thing that comes to my mind is some crates with soliders protecting it
like the ones with white bats who push you away
Yeah, I don't know either...
There could be another fireplace there, but it is not needed because you can walk to the final fireplace directly on the stairs
giving it an element of gamble
you survive the pushers the extra shield is yours
could be yet another fight?
like they didnt put fireplace but it can be put there and some choreo can be put
one funny thing comes to my mind and that is
take all the romans from the arena and distributed them around other sectors sort of thing
we could theorise that with this long staircase they were trying to pull the same thing as with arena
you progress higher and higher and the more it goes the more romans you fight