Wonder why they kept the name "Arena" for the first Elder Scrolls, because as far as I can see, there are no actual arenas in the entirety of that game.
Originally it was supposed to be a multiplayer deathmatch type PC game with medieval weapons, mostly set in an arena(s). I think there was also a town where you could buy things. Once development got underway, they found that it was fun to explore the town and talk to people / buy things, so they started expanding on that, adding wilderness areas to traverse / train in, and so on. Eventually we ended up with this whole world being created.
Thing is, they never got back to the "Arena" idea or actually built any arenas, so the name doesn't make any sense. Weird that they kept the name intact through development.