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	Spartacus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spartacus, who was believed to be a Thracian (born in what is now Sandanski in present-day Bulgaria), was enslaved by the Romans and led a large slave uprising in what is now Italy during the period 73 BC to 71 BC.
		Spartacus took his ideas from Blossius of Cumae, which can be summarized as: "the last will be the first [and vice versa]." (This is also a frequent Biblical quote of Jesus Christ, made early in the next century after Spartacus.).
		Spartacus has been compared by many to American Civil War abolitionist John Brown, citing both their "extreme" views of slavery (respective of their time periods),and willingness to follow their own path, regardless of the consequences; in both cases they are killed due to their beliefs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spartacus (1859 words)

	Spartacus (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spartacus was the biggest project of Kubrick's career at that point with a budget of twelve million dollars and a cast total of 10,500 actors, which was very impressive for such a young director, although his contract did not give him complete control over the filming.
		Spartacus is chosen, and is defeated, but his vanquisher (Woody Strode) refuses to kill him, instead throwing his trident into the elevated spectators' box and trying to reach them.
		Spartacus was actually one of numerous rebel slaves, and not the sole leader of the Roman slave revolt, as portrayed in the film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spartacus_(film) (3072 words)

	Spartacus
		Different sources claim that Spartacus was either a captured Thracian soldier or a deserter who had served in the Roman Army for while.
		At the end of 72 BC Spartacus was camped in Rhegium (Reggio Calabria) near the Straits of Messina.
		In it, Spartacus is depicted as a sort of early communist who fights against the wealthy Roman establishment by liberating the slaves.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/sp/spartacus.html (577 words)

	sfgladiatorspartacus
		Spartacus had been born in Thrace and received training in a Roman army, probably as an auxiliary, before becoming a slave.
		Spartacus intended for his men to disband and head to their pre-slave homes after a quick march to the Alps.
		When Spartacus learned that Crassus' troops were to be reinforced by another Roman army brought back from Spain, he decided it was time to make a break for it.
	www.geocities.com /ancientempireswebby/sfgladiatorspartacus.html (798 words)

	Spartacus - MSN Encarta
		Spartacus (died 71 bc), Roman slave and gladiator, born in Thrace.
		He is thought to have been a deserter from the Roman army, and he was sold as a slave to a trainer of gladiators at Capua.
		Crassus then pursued Spartacus to Lucania, where the rebel army was destroyed and Spartacus was killed in battle.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761563891 (241 words)

	Spartacus
		Spartacus had reached his aim: his people could cross the Alps and go back to their homelands in Gaul, Germany, and the Balkans.
		Spartacus' view was that they should cross the mountains and then disperse to their own homes [...].
		Spartacus may have had the same plan, or an even better one, because he collaborated with the Cilician pirates.
	www.livius.org /so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html (1654 words)

	Spartacus (1960) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Goofs: Miscellaneous: Although Spartacus, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Julius Caesar were real-life people, the end credits to the restored edition state that all persons in the film are fictional and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
		Narrator: In the last century before the birth of the new faith called Christianity, which was destined to overthrow the pagan tyranny of Rome and bring about a new society, the Roman Republic stood at the very center of the civilized world.
		But the cutesy love scene between her and a shiny muscular, coiffed Spartacus is truly terrible.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0054331 (715 words)

	Spartacus
		Spartacus was one of the residents of Capua in 73 BC.
		Despite the popular conceptions of Spartacus as some sort of anti slavery hero, the reasons for the revolt of 73 BC are unclear.
		Spartacus and his men scaled down the opposite side of the mountain, swept around and crushed the Roman Praetorian forces with ease.
	www.unrv.com /roman-republic/spartacus.php (719 words)

	Historical Background for Spartacus
		Spartacus subsequently defeated two forces of legionary cohorts; he wanted to lead his men across the Alps to escape from Italy, but the Gauls and Germans, led by Crixus, wanted to stay and plunder.
		Spartacus defeated Lentulus, and then Publicola; to avenge Crixus, Spartacus had 300 prisoners from these battles fight in pairs to the death.
		Spartacus and his companions sought to break the bonds of their own grievous oppression.
	vroma.rhodes.edu /~bmcmanus/spartacus.html (1541 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Spartacus (xhtml) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spartacus is trained in the arts of combat at Batiatus' gladiatorial academy, where one day two powerful men and their wives arrive from Rome.
		The spoiled women ask to be entertained by the sight of two fights to the death, and Spartacus is matched with a skilled fl gladiator (Woody Strode), who spares him and is killed.
		One aspect of the soundtrack is distracting: In the early days of stereo, movies such as "Spartacus" used the left track for characters on the left side of the screen, and the right track for those on the right, and then switched for the reverse shot - a disorienting auditory experience for the audience.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910503/REVIEWS/105030304/1023 (852 words)

	Spartacus - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Their army defeated several Roman forces and moved north, devastating S Italy and Campania; Spartacus' aim was a general escape from Italy, but his followers preferred plunder, and in 72 BC they were back in S Italy.
		Spartacus was killed in a battle with Crassus in Lucania.
		Spartacus Capital Inc.: MyCityMarket.com Continues Growth; Stock to be Halted Until Deal Closed.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-spartacu.html (307 words)

	channel4.com - Real Lives - Spartacus
		The real story of Spartacus is far more complex than this familiar, heroic image: a story of a real and fallible person in a culture very different from our own.
		Spartacus carried out one final coup, breaching Crassus's impregnable wall and making for the port of Brundisium (Brindisi), where Lucullus's army was landing.
		Spartacus was a brilliant battlefield tactician with an eye for the defiant gesture.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/R/real_lives/spartacus.html (885 words)

	Spartacus (1960)
		However, a chance is given to Spartacus when he is rescued from the Libyan mines by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov); to train him as a gladiator.
		Spartacus proves to be a quick learner and earns the reward of Varinia (Jean Simmons).
		To save his army (which is remarkably harmonious) Spartacus makes a deal with pirates to provide ships for their escape from Italy.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Spartacus.html (715 words)

	Spartacus
		One of those was Spartacus, the leader of a rebellion of gladiators and slaves that escalated to a full-scale war in the years 73-70.
		Spartacus was a Thracian from the nomadic tribes and not only had a great spirit and great physical strength, but was, much more than one would expect from his condition, most intelligent and cultured, being more like a Greek than a Thracian.
		According to Appian, Spartacus now commanded some 70,000 people, and although we do not know how he obtained this figure, we can be sure that the wealthy land-owners in the Senate understood that their slaves could also run away.
	www.livius.org /so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html (1154 words)

	Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus
		Spartacus was the film that broke the Hollywood fllist, giving open credit to screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who had been fllisted during the McCarthy era.
		Spartacus was also released in 6-track sound, only the third film to use the process.
		The men who restored Spartacus discovered that the original soundtrack for the bath scene was lost, so Tony Curtis had to be brought in to redo his lines, 30 years later.
	pages.prodigy.com /kubrick/kubsp.htm (454 words)

	Spartacus
		Spartacus was based on a 1952 novel by Howard Fast, detailing a true account of a gladiator who led a slave uprising against Rome in 73 BC.
		In 1992, Spartacus was restored by acclaimed film restorer Robert A. Harris (with backing from Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and Universal) at a cost of nearly $1 million.
		Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height.
	kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com /video_detail/spartacus/index.html (415 words)

	Mr. Dowling's Spartacus Page
		Spartacus built an army of thousands of soldiers from slaves he and his followers liberated.
		Spartacus was killed in battle, but six thousand of his soldiers were taken prisoner and crucified.
		Crucifixion is a form of execution where the prisoner is nailed to a cross and left to die a slow, painful death.
	www.mrdowling.com /702-spartacus.html (169 words)

	Manntari's Progeny
		A dual Group One winning 2 year old, Spartacus brings early maturity and speed that NZ breeders are looking to introduce into their families.
		Spartacus himself ‘Deep through the girth, strongly made, lovely head and a nice mover’ qualities which struck Rick Williams upon first viewing the horse at Coolmore Ireland.
		This early brilliance did not however mean Spartacus was limited in scope.
	www.thoroughbrednet.co.nz /oaksdemo/SPARTACUS.asp (205 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Spartacus
		Spartacus illustrates his taste for unorthodox material, and the story behind the making of the movie reveals a great deal about Douglas’ feisty, combative spirit.
		At $12 million Spartacus was one of the costliest movies of that period.
		A few moments of graphic violence were retrieved, along with a suggestive homosexual scene, in which Olivier’s Crassus is bathed by one of his slaves (Tony Curtis) and hints at his Catholic sexual tastes by explaining that a gentleman may harbor a yen for both snails and oysters.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=105&eid=16§ion=essay (633 words)

	Spartacus
		Although the theatrical trailer for the 1991 restored cut of the film states that Spartacus is unlikely to ever be surpassed, the simple truth of the matter is that I found Gladiator to be the better of the two films, and not just because of better special effects technologies.
		Spartacus' progress as a gladiator is rewarded with Varinia (Jean Simmons), but he refuses to lower himself to the standards of those who would use him for profit.
		Spartacus was originally presented in seventy-millimetre six-track and stereo audio, in contrast to what seems to be the norm for Stanley Kubrick's other films.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Spartacus.html (1977 words)

	The Real Spartacus
		The real Spartacus was a freeborn provincial from Thrace (Greek, but from the hill country and not considered "a real Greek" by the Athenians or the Romans.) He may have served as an auxiliary in the Roman army in Macedonia.
		They thought they had trapped the rebels on the mountain, but Spartacus led his men down the other side using vines, fell on the rear of the Roman soldiers, and routed them.
		In the autumn, when the revolt was at its height and Spartacus had about 120,000 followers, the Senate voted to pass over the consuls and grant Imperium (Commander-in-Chief of all the armies) to Marcus Licinius Crassus, who had been a praetor in 73 B.C. but currently held no office.
	www.historyinfilm.com /spart/real.htm (1695 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.04.22
		The emphasis is on the history of the rebellion, and, since Spartacus is himself such a shadowy figure, U.'s careful attention to the use of ancient sources and the interpretation of ancient historiography makes this a useful demonstration of the difficulties involved in recreating a historical event from limited evidence.
		This is perhaps understandable, but a key reason for Spartacus being chosen as an early candidate for this 'Ancients in Action' series must surely be because 'Spartacus' is more familiar to most people than the historical Spartacus, and a more coherent account of his reception might thus have been useful.
		Though it is more useful as an introduction to Spartacus and the historical record than as an introduction to his reception history, there is, of course, no shortage of accessible works on the latter for the interested general reader or student.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-04-22.html (1655 words)

	Amazon.com: Spartacus: DVD: Stanley Kubrick,Kirk Douglas,Laurence Olivier,Jean Simmons,Charles Laughton,Peter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spartacus is a wonderful, bigger than life film, about a slave who led a revolt against the Roman Empire.
		This is, first and foremost, the story of Spartacus, a slave and the son of a slave, a man who never knew freedom, until one day he was mad as hell and not going to take it any more.
		Spartacus is toiling as a slave when, struck once too often, he fights back.
	www.amazon.com /Spartacus-Stanley-Kubrick/dp/0783226039 (3116 words)

	Spartacus
		Spartacus was actually not a slave by birth.
		As the Roman soldiers ran for their lives in haste, Spartacus ordered his followers to haul away the discarded weapons for future use.
		Spartacus and his men arrived at the Alps, but decided to turn back.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_42_82.html (635 words)

	Spartacus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But Spartacus is not just a physical assault on the senses; the political battle for the future of Rome is depicted in exciting fashion in the philosophical clash between Gracchus, spiritual leader of the Roman senate and the aristocratic Crassus.
		Less prominent as a major element in the structure of the film is the romance between Spartacus and Varinia, which is developed to humanize the larger than life figure of the rebel leader, and on this level it does work.
		Behind the scenes, author Howard Fast was battling to make the film of Spartacus faithful to his book, particularly his vision of Spartacus the man. On the secondary audio track, Fast complains that Douglas's Spartacus is too physical, not the thinker that he depicted in his novel.
	www.filmsondisc.com /LaserReview/Spartacus.htm (1862 words)

	Spartacus
		SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 B.C. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains his entire life.
		Seeing Spartacus in this restored version, with its original overture, intermission and a few inserted pieces of footage that had been excised after initial screenings, is nothing short of spectacular.
		Spartacus actually is pretty decent, and worth watching 10 times before giving the far inferior Gladiator a look.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1019544-spartacus (648 words)

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