You've reminded me now that I've read somewhere as a kid that they would also roll a giant stone ball through a corridor around Amphitheatre, probably Colloseum

You've reminded me now that I've read somewhere as a kid that they would also roll a giant stone ball through a corridor around Amphitheatre, probably Colloseum in order to simulate thunder sound effect, probably demanded special floor surface. I cannot tell whether true or not, but I did read it.