The Enemies of Rome by Philip Matyszak has as a stated premise the idea that Rome did too good a job of becoming the dominant power in the Mediterranean region. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the TV series Spartacus. Spartacus: leader of an army of runaway slaves that shook Italy in 7371 BCE. He was defeated by the Roman general Crassus. In 280 BC, as Rome was conquering Southern Italy, the Greek city of Taras (modernday Taranto) called for the aid of Pyrrhus (c. BC), a Greek commander and king of the city of Epirus in presentday Northwest Greece. The Roman military was intertwined with the Roman state much more closely than in a modern European nation. Spartacus is a graphic, bloody and explicit television drama series created by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Steven DeKnight. It aired for four seasons on Starz from 2010 to 2014, with each season sporting a different subtitle. The series tells the story of the historical gladiatorturnedrebel leader Spartacus, but drenched in an overthetop aesthetic lifted directly from 300. Der Titel dieses Artikels ist mehrdeutig. Weitere Bedeutungen sind unter Spartacus (Begriffsklrung) aufgefhrt. Lijst van afleveringen Seizoen 1: Blood and Sand (2010) Zie Spartacus: Blood and Sand voor het hoofdartikel over dit onderwerp. A Thracian man is condemned to a brutal death in the arena, only to outlast his executioners and be reborn as the enslaved gladiator Spartacus. Spartacus (Greek: Sprtakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with the Gauls Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes. In battle, Agron is shown to be ruthless to his enemies due to them being the cause for the death of his brother. This was seen when he bashes the head of a dead roman mercenary repeatedly until Spartacus has him stop. Spartacus a vaincu dfinitivement le tribun militaire Glaber. Sa rputation a alors motiv de nombreux esclaves le rejoindre dans sa rvolte. la tte de cette arme, il dfie une nouvelle fois Rome et dfait les armes envoyes contre lui. Les deux derniers gnraux qui s'opposent lui n'ont plus les moyens de rsister. Comprehensive sites, Timelines, Maps, The Roman Republic Julius Caesar, Roman La w Economy, Empire, Emperors, Warfare, Roman Women Daily Life, Art, Architecture, Literature, Religion, Engineering, Early Christianity, The Byzantine Empire. COMPREHENSIVE SITES Includes info on a broad range of subjects relating to Rome. Spartacus [Howard Fast, Julian Elfer on Amazon. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 BC, is well known today because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally published in 1951 by Fast himself (03x01 Enemies of Rome ) Spartacus. Spartacus (real name unknown) is a Thracian warrior who becomes a famous Gladiator in the Arena, later to build a legend upon himself during the Third Servile War. For the first season, he served as a gladiator in Batiatus' Ludus under the direction of Doctore and rivaled the thenChampion of Voila! Finally, the Spartacus script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Stanley Kubrick movie with Kirk Douglas. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of Spartacus. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Julius Caesar was a successful general who expanded the empire in northern Europe. In 47AD he declared himself dictator of Rome. A few years later he was murdered by his political enemies, and Brutus, who he thought was his friend. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FREEMASONRY AND ITS KINDRED SCIENCES by ALBERT C. Browse the Encyclopedia by clicking on any of the letters below. The Third Servile War, also called by Plutarch the Gladiator War and The War of Spartacus, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic, known collectively as the Servile Wars. The Third was the only one directly to threaten the Roman heartland of Italia. It was particularly alarming to Rome because its military seemed powerless to suppress it..