Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt with an army numbering in the tens of thousands. He defeated Roman forces over half a dozen times, marching his people up and down the Italian ...

While Spartacus remains one of the most well-known names in history, the story of his life is full of ambiguity and unknowns. What is certain is that, through his leadership and tactical prowess, he ...

The world wide success of the film Gladiator has generated a renewed interested in Ancient Rome and the role of gladiators. Any inquiry into this question has to raise the spectre of the slave war ...

The legend of Spartacus has inspired so many fanciful retellings, it's easy to lose track of what actually happened back in 73 BC. In The... 'Spartacus War': Story Of The Real-Life Gladiator The ...

When Spartacus hit theaters in 1960, audiences expected another grand sword-and-sandals spectacle with Roman armies, gladiator clashes and chariots thundering across the plains. What they didn't ...

This is a little story about the blacklist. Not the list that recognizes some of the best scripts of the year — the other blacklist. The one that pushed some of the best writers in Hollywood out of ...

Little is known of the early years of Spartacus. He is thought to have been born in Thrace (modern day Balkan region) and it has been suggested he was in the Roman army. He was sold into slavery and ...