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- 7. Mors Indecepta Mar 15, 2013
- Spartacus and Crixus clash over strategy when their forces become stranded on a snowbound ridge.
Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος, translit. Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
- Rebel slave army
- Third Servile War
- 73–71 BC
Apr 9, 2024 · Spartacus, leader in the Gladiatorial War (73–71 BCE) against Rome. Although his uprising was not an attempt at social revolution, his name has frequently been invoked by revolutionaries such as Adam Weishaupt in the late 18th century and members of the German Spartacus League of 1916–19.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- How did Spartacus become famous?Spartacus led the third and largest slave revolt against Rome. His army of nearly 100,000 overran most of southern Italy and fought its way up the...
- How did Spartacus influence the world?Spartacus waged a brilliant guerrilla campaign against a strong and well-organized enemy, but he could not prevail against a fully mobilized Rome....
- How did Spartacus die?The chroniclers Appian and Plutarch provide the greatest detail about Spartacus's final battle against Crassus. Spartacus is said to have tried to...
Spartacus: Created by Steven S. DeKnight. With Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel, Peter Mensah, Lucy Lawless. The life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans.
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- 2010-01-22
- Action, Adventure, Biography
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Oct 19, 2023 · Spartacus was a Roman slave and gladiator who led a revolt against Rome, which turned into the Third Servile War (73 B.C.E. to 71 B.C.E.).
Aug 14, 2014 · This man's name was Spartacus. While little of his early life is known, Spartacus was originally from Thrace, an area northeast of Macedonia, and may have been a Roman soldier. Historian Plutarch described him as cultured and intelligent, “more Greek than Thracian.”
- Donald L. Wasson
Spartacus is an American historical drama television series filmed in New Zealand that premiered on Starz on January 22, 2010, and concluded on April 12, 2013. The fiction series was inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
Torn from his homeland and separated from the woman he loves, Spartacus is forced into slavery and condemned to the bloody gladiator's arena in Rome. As he navigates the violent and brutal world...
