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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: Created by Steven S. DeKnight. With Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel, Peter Mensah, Lucy Lawless. The life of Spartacus, the gladiator who led a rebellion against the Romans.
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- 2010-01-22
- Action, Adventure, Biography
- 60
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.
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 series was inspired by historical figure, Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
2 days ago · 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
- 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...
- Spartacus waged a brilliant guerrilla campaign against a strong and well-organized enemy, but he could not prevail against a fully mobilized Rome....
- The chroniclers Appian and Plutarch provide the greatest detail about Spartacus's final battle against Crassus. Spartacus is said to have tried to...
Dec 1, 2009 · Now, Spartacus has amassed an army in the thousands. He knows he is not only responsible for the lives of every man, woman, and child in his rebellion but also for continuing to inspire...
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Spartacus: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann. With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton. The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Spartacus, a free man of Thrace, agrees to join the Romans to battle his tribe's enemies. A betrayal sends his life spinning out of control.