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Spartacus

***** paper discusses the film Spartacus, its historical background, the significance of the movie being made and shown in 1960's America, the real-life events occurr*****g in the US in the 1960's, the historical ***** of the slave revolt of Spartacus, how gladiators and *****ry ***** Rome relate to the movie, ***** background information about Rome at the time ***** Spartacus, including ***** slave revolt, and the rise of Roman generals to positions of power.

Spartacus was a *****, who is famous for having led a revolt 'the slave revolt' against the ***** Republic, from 73 BD to 71 BC. Spartacus was born in Thrace, a region nor**********st of Greece, and was a member of a group of nom*****dic herders and later served in the Roman Army (Sinnigen, 2003). Spartacus deserted the army, but was captured and enslaved, following which, ***** Romans trained him as a gl*****dia*****r to fight other gladiators and wild beasts in the arena for entertainment (Sinnigen, 2003).

In 73 B.C., Spartacus ***** ***** gladiators rebelled against Roman authority at the town of Capua, in what is now southern Italy (*****, 2003). The rebels took refuge on nearby Mount Vesuvius and so***** organized an army of about 70,000 runaway slaves (S*****nigen, 2003). Commanded by Spartacus, the ***** defeated the Roman forces and gained control over much of central and southern Italy (Sinnigen, 2003).

In 72 B.C., following this, the rebels divided into two groups: the ***** defeated one group in *****, and ***** led ***** other rebels to victory against a Rom*****n army in Cisalpine Gaul (now northern Italy) (Sinnigen, 2003). In 71 B.C., Spartacus's army returned to the south, and it was during this period that Roman forces, comm*****ed by Marcus Licinius Crassus, ***** the rebel army (Sinnigen, 2003). Spartacus ***** killed in ***** battle (*****, 2003).

***** movie ***** is a historical movie, representing the life ***** Spartacus (played by Kirk Douglas), and showing the transition of ***** from ***** to Empire (http://www.his*****ryin*****.com/spart/).The film was directed by Stanley Kubrick, as adapted from ***** novel by Howard Fast, and ***** released ***** Universal Studios in 1960 (http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/140/14080).In the film, we pick up on Spartacus' life from ***** point where he is trained to be a gladiator by Marcellus (***** by Charles McGraw), and where he falls in love with Varinia (played by Jean Simmons) (http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/140/14080).We follow Spartacus as he decides to lead a revolt against the government ***** Rome, and ***** he builds an army of slaves, ***** we are led to believe ***** Spartacus is a great man, following h***** **********, and ***** his thinking that all should be fair and equal for all men, no matter *****ir position in society, or their wealth (http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/140/14080).

Meanwhile, as Spartacus does this, we, the viewers, are taken to Rome, ***** the politicians ***** generals hold meetings to decide how *****st ***** deal with ***** problem that Spartacus presents (http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/140/14080).We then follow the film, ***** battles are entered in to, and as ***** is eventually defeated: the film