The book "Spartacus and the Slave Wars" is a brief history with many documents from various sources. The book talks about the Roman Empire existing around 135-70 B.C. All sources in this book are based on the facts from the Roman Empire era on how they used slaves for various purposes such as in the military, as farmers, peasants, artisans and laborers. Although slavery existed on vast scale in those times, "Spartacus and the Slave Wars" based on historical documents differed from one based on popular modern day fictional accounts. The story of Spartacus according to the documents varies from the one we watched on the film.
The story of Spartacus begins with rebellious slaves escaping from a gladiatorial training school in Capua. In the film, Spartacus says that he was a slave from birth and that his father before him was also a slave. However, this is contradicted by accounts of Spartacus' life. The book mentions "he had been sent to Italy as a prisoner to be sold as a slave" (2). .
The next contradiction is when, in the film, Spartacus leads the slaves to cross the Alps where they would disperse and go to their homes. However, Plutarch claims that the slaves had not agreed with Spartacus' plan. "His men however, would not listen to him. They were strong in numbers and full of confidence, and they went about Italy ravaging everything in their way" (133). .
One of the most incorrectly portrayed events in the film is when Spartacus dies. In the film, Spartacus is crucified after being forced to have a gladiatorial fight with his close friend. However, it is documented that Spartacus actually died in battle, when he ran at Crassus: "he [Spartacus] was finally killed, not easily or unvanged ." (149).
In the film, Spartacus falls in love with a kitchen slave who he takes with him and who eventually has his child. However, none of this is documented in the historical sources and was probably added in to have the seemingly mandatory love interest that is in Hollywood movies.
Spartacus, written in 1951 by Howard Fast, is the story of a gladiator, named Spartacus. ... Spartacus is brave. ... Spartacus shows his incredible bravery when "Spartacus rose to his feet"(152) and "the trainers lashed out their whips and knives"(152). ... Another one of Spartacus's traits is his leadership. ... Spartacus's third quality is his love of life. ...
In December we watched a movie called Spartacus. ... Spartacus was taken to a Gladiator school to become a slave. ... He was afraid of Spartacus because he was afraid that Spartacus would kill him and be an even more powerful leader of the slave revolt. ... Spartacus all by himself did make a difference. ... Spartacus was the leader of the slaves. ...
The Gladiator Spartacus, written in 1951 by Howard Fast, is the story of a gladiator, named Spartacus. ... Spartacus is brave. ... Spartacus shows his incredible bravery when "Spartacus rose to his feet"(152) and "the trainers lashed out their whips and knives"(152). ... Another one of Spartacus's traits is his leadership. ... Spartacus's third quality is his love of life. ...
Spartacus screams at them, "I am not an animal!" ... Spartacus" respect for Varinia captures her heart as Spartacus falls closely attached to her. ... Spartacus is pinned by this warrior, but he refuses to kill Spartacus. ... Spartacus in ways ends quite tragically. ... His wife stands below him with Spartacus" child and cries, "He will live as a fear man, Spartacus!" ...
Spartacus - Is Hollywood Correct? ... In the film, Spartacus begins is bought as a slave and transferred to Gladiator school where he leads a group of slaves into revolt to escape and form an army of slaves. ... Historically, Spartacus was originally a soldier in the Roman army, who deserted to become a robber. ... The film "Spartacus" was a movie based on military and battle with the innovations being shown were mainly of a military nature. ... Walker World Civilizations a comparative study Oxford University Press, Inc Canada 1998 http://chip.uchcago.edu/~cac/arted/toloke.htm http...
The accuracy of the movie Spartacus as an historical biography is mostly fiction with some facts. ... The real Spartacus had a wife who shared in his escape and was then living with him. ... Whereas the real Spartacus went from Capua to Thurii in 73BCE, then from Thurii up to the alps then down to Brundisium in 72BCE, in 71BCE Spartacus was killed in southern Italy. In the movie, Spartacus and the other gladiators fought against the Roman army, they lost the fight and Spartacus and the other slaves were captured by the Roman army, and Spartacus was crucified. The real Spartacus was k...
Within ten minutes of sitting with Spartacus, I received a call on my cell phone with a Washington, DC area code. ... "Are you ready Spartacus? ... "Spartacus, make no mistake, I am not an expert by any means. ... Upon clicking the link and opening the webpage, there stood Spartacus and the President of Xanadu shaking hands. Spartacus had just been named Senator of his province. ...
., a famous gladiator named Spartacus helped put an end to these games. Spartacus and his followers escaped from their training school and were joined on Mount Vesuvius by other escaped slaves and gladiators. ... Spartacus and his army were finally destroyed in 71 B.C. and many of Spartacus's soldiers were crucified. ...
Another film that did this was Spartacus starring Kirk Douglas. This film showed everything from the slave perspective and showed the rise and fall of the hero, Spartacus. Both Spartacus and Gladiator although they were two different movies, they were the same in many ways. ... We see that both were very exceptional leaders, Maximus was the most well known general throughout the Roman Empire and led them to victory many a times, while Spartacus was a great leader in his own right. ...