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2 days ago · Spartacus: Blood and Sand, 2010. (Photo Credit: egge / Starz / MovieStillsDB) Premiering in 2010, Spartacus (2010-13) ran for three seasons and spawned a sequel miniseries. It was inspired by the life of the gladiator of the same name, who, in 73 BC, led a slave revolt, known as the Third Servile War, against the Roman Republic.
4 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.
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- 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...
3 days ago · Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas in the title role, a slave who leads a rebellion against Rome and the events of the Third Servile War.
Jul 15, 2024 · Debuting in 2010, Straz’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand dramatized the life of the slave (played by Andy Whitfield), who was made into a gladiator in the “house” of Roman Batiatus (John Hannah). Eventually, he leads a slave revolt and plants the seeds for a full scale uprising against Rome.
3 days ago · Spartacus creator, writer and executive producer Steven S. DeKnight returns to the franchise he helped create as showrunner and executive producer of Spartacus: House of Asher, a new original series Starz describes as a "history-bending, erotic, thrilling, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit."
3 days ago · Dave Nemetz. July 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM. All hail the queen: Lucy Lawless will reprise her Spartacus role as Lucretia in the upcoming Starz sequel series Spartacus: House of Ashur, our sister site ...
Jul 11, 2024 · Starz is expanding its Spartacus franchise and bringing Nick Tarabay back as Ashur in a new spinoff. The 10-episode series, House of Ashur, was first announced in November 2023 as “a history ...
