A modern-day gladiator bout could take place at Rome's Colosseum between billionaire tech bosses Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, according to a report.

An Italian government official reportedly offered up the 2,000-year-old venue as a battleground for the historic cage fight between the Twitter owner and Facebook founder a few days ago.   

The Minister of Culture is said to have reached out to Zuckerberg about staging the head-to-head at the landmark, which is one of the seven wonders of the world.

In what became a viral back-and-forth, Musk tweeted on June 20 bragging that he was 'up for a cage match if he is', to which the Meta boss responded on Instagram 'send me the location'.

Now the tech tycoons may have come to an agreement on where to stage the clash, with TMZ Sports reporting that both would love for it to go down at the Colosseum. 

While Italian media reports that the government has denied offering up the venue, Musk has added to the speculation this morning, tweeting: 'Some chance fight happens in Colosseum'.

TMZ reported that Zuckerberg's team passed on the message to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White, whose people contacted the Italian Minister.

Musk continued to up they hype around the fight, quoting Russell Crowe's character in the cult film Gladiator, general Maximus, who famously tells his troops before battle: 'What we do in life, echoes in eternity'.

His movie references didn't stop there, tweeting a sketch from the Monty Python film Life of Brian showing the remains of slain gladiators at the Colosseum with the caption 'need to work on my endurance'.