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Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος, translit. Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c.103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts of his life come primarily from Plutarch and Appian, who wrote more than a ...
Third Servile War. The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy. It was particularly alarming to Rome because ...
Spartacus: Blood and Sand is the first season of American television series Spartacus, which premiered on Starz on January 22, 2010. The series was inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus (played by Andy Whitfield), a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led 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.
Spartacus, Thracian gladiator who led a large slave uprising in Southern Italy in 73–71 BC and defeated several Roman legions in what is known as the Third Servile War; Teres I, The First King of the Odrysian kingdom, 460-445 BC; united many tribes of Thrace under the banner of the Odrysian state
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. Adapted by Dalton Trumbo from Howard Fast 's 1951 novel of the same title, [3] the film also stars Laurence Olivier as Roman general ...
Thrace and the Thracian Odrysian Kingdom under Sitalces c. 431–424 BC, ... Spartacus was a Thracian who led a large slave uprising in what is now Italy in 73–71 BC.
The ancient historian and biographer Plutarch describes Spartacus as "a Thracian of nomadic stock", in a possible reference to the Maedi. [13] Plutarch also says Spartacus' wife, a prophetess of the same tribe, was enslaved with him. In 89–84 BC (during the First Mithridatic War), the Maedi overran Macedon and sacked Delphi as allies of ...