Within all three films Prometheus, Alien and Blade Runner, their homeland is referred to as 'The Colony', this is because the whole world has formed into one whole colony instead of countries having separate governments there is only one that dominates all the land. However in Alien and Prometheus, the world is actually split into two Colonies which seem to be at war with each other; neither of these facts happen to be major plot details, however they do give us a sense of the type of world these characters now live in.
So as it is slightly clear that Colonization appears to be a recurring film across Scott's films, in fact there is even more significance to this theme within Prometheus and Gladiator. Within Prometheus, the alien race referred to as the Engineers try to re-visit earth, we can assume that this is because they intend to initiate colonisation across what was once their world. Technically they already did colonise the earth once, since we discover at the very start of the film that they were in fact the creators of all life on earth, creating individual colonies across earth.
Gladiator is sent during the Roman Empire period; in the very first scenes we see General Maximus leading his Roman army to fight against the Germans at Vindobona, at this moment in time, the Roman empire was one of the largest empires the world had ever seen and was coming very close to colonising the world for themselves, they colonised many countries already and were one of the most powerful armies to be reckoned with. So instead of just references to colonization (within Alien and Blade Runner), within the more modern two of his films, Scott has actually put in footage of characters/factions trying and actually executing their colonization plans, we see this in Gladiator in the first scenes and also in Prometheus later on in the film. Why Scott chooses to put large colonies or colonization in his films is unknown, perhaps he himself believes the future holds some form of colonization forming across our own world or even our universe.
So as it is slightly clear that Colonization appears to be a recurring film across Scott's films, in fact there is even more significance to this theme within Prometheus and Gladiator. Within Prometheus, the alien race referred to as the Engineers try to re-visit earth, we can assume that this is because they intend to initiate colonisation across what was once their world. Technically they already did colonise the earth once, since we discover at the very start of the film that they were in fact the creators of all life on earth, creating individual colonies across earth. 
Gladiator is sent during the Roman Empire period; in the very first scenes we see General Maximus leading his Roman army to fight against the Germans at Vindobona, at this moment in time, the Roman empire was one of the largest empires the world had ever seen and was coming very close to colonising the world for themselves, they colonised many countries already and were one of the most powerful armies to be reckoned with. So instead of just references to colonization (within Alien and Blade Runner), within the more modern two of his films, Scott has actually put in footage of characters/factions trying and actually executing their colonization plans, we see this in Gladiator in the first scenes and also in Prometheus later on in the film. Why Scott chooses to put large colonies or colonization in his films is unknown, perhaps he himself believes the future holds some form of colonization forming across our own world or even our universe. 
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