Spartacus: The Slave Who Made Rome Tremble

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Radu Alexander
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[MastaToSch]

"One day Rome shall fade and crumble yet you shall always be remembered in the hearts of all who yearn for freedom."

[alexisjuillard]

Arena fights didn’t usually end in death, in fact it rarely did. Gladiators were expensive and took moths or years to form, so their owners weren’t keen to have them killed. They usually fought to first blood, demonstrating their skills in the process
Edit: as a commenter pointed out that doesn’t mean arena events weren’t gruesome and full of death. The games usually started by executions, and fights with animals were violent and uncontrollable events (lions have difficulty grasping the concept of sparing a gladiators life from what i’ve heard. So the spectacles were awful bloodbaths, just not between gladiators

[theScholar]

"We know nothing else about Glaber."
Listen, you can almost hear Spartacus smiling.

[thorshammer]

In whatever afterlife Spartacus spirit dwells in, may the fact that he is remembered as a true hero, bring comfort to his shade.

[icarian]

I think the fact that Crassus was rich enough to feed the entire population of Rome for three months, says all about how rich he was.

[chickendrawsdogs]

"The plebs are revolting! They're going to kill us!"
"Then they're Killus' problem, not ours."
"Sir..."

[AngyIronman]

So basically, Starz nailed it and gave us free porn at the same time.

[ivelinkarageorgiev_]

Spartacus was Thracian, born in Sandanski, Morden day Bulgaria, on the border with Greece. There is a statue of him on the road when you enter the town from Sofia - Thessaloniki main motorway. What is important- Spartacus was one of the first fighters for freedom and equality in human history.

[bloomune]

It has to be pretty difficult to do a biography on someone who existed before modern recorded history. You mainly get handed down stories and have to work with that.
I do appreciate all the work you guys put into being accurate.

[reck]

RIP Andy Whitfield. That’s my Spartacus!

[matthewwallack]

“Nobody mentions the success of Crassus.” Pompey would be happy to hear that.

[mrnukes]

Spartacus the man who started the revolution a revolution that inspired the revolutions to come for generations. You can say Spartacus became a deity for revolution itself.

[mariannaporto]

I shall forever think of Andy Whitfield whenever I hear about Spartacus. RIP, legend.

Thank you for the great video as usual!

[MrEvanfriend]

Gladiatorial fights were rarely to the death - less than 10% resulted in a fighter being killed. Gladiators were valuable property, and the sponsor of the games had to pay their owners if they were killed.

[claudiapecoraro]

You can still visit the roman amphitheatre were Spartacus used to fight as a slave. It's in my hometown, the ancient Capua - around 30km away from Naples.

[jasonortega]

"You know that in another life you and I may have been as brothers"
- Crixus

[PSIRockOmega]

Crassus, looking at a burning building: "It's free real estate."

[KesselRunner]

Personally, I find the story of Spartacus The most fascinating in all of history. A man who came from absolutely *nothing, * the lowest of the low, but who made himself, for a short, brief period, the scourge of the Ancient World's most powerful empire. A gladiator who turned Roman Italy itself into his own arena. It's the stuff of legend, and a powerful message down through the ages, that in the face of tyranny, one man *can* make a difference.

[rolanddeschain]

Anybody else think the statue of Spartacus looks magnificent and scary?

[thschnick]

I read the title as "Spartacus: The Slave Who Made Rome Terrible"