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Spartacus (Ancient Greek: Σπάρτακος, romanized: 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.
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Vatia [1] (also called Lentulus Batiatus by Plutarch) [2] was the Roman owner of a gladiatorial school in ancient Capua.It was from this school that, in 73 BC, the Thracian slave Spartacus and about 70 to 78 followers escaped.
Statue of Joan of Arc in the Place du Martroi, Orléans. L'Amour ("Love") (1825), statue, marble, Paris, Musée du Louvre.; Spartacus (1830), Larger-than-life statue, marble, Paris, Musée du Louvre: Originally (1831) erected in an ensemble of eight statues for l'allée des grands hommes ("Avenue of Great Men") in the Jardin des Tuileries, the statue represents Spartacus breaking his chains ...
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Spartacus' wife Sura is condemned to slavery, and Spartacus is taken to Rome to be executed in the games by Glaber. Instead of dying, Spartacus kills the gladiators sent to kill him, and as a result Spartacus cannot be executed: Glaber would lose faith with the people, as Spartacus has become popular with the crowd.
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 Deadline reports. (TVLine has reached ...
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Crixus is portrayed by Paul Kynman in the 2004 TV movie Spartacus. Crixus was played by Manu Bennett in the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, [8] the prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and sequels Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned. Contrasting the 1960 film, in which Crixus and Spartacus quickly become ...