The portrayal of Spartacus' origins as a Thracian slave who becomes a renowned gladiator is historically accurate, but his ties with the Roman Empire are uncertain. The show accurately depicts the ...

W inning Best Picture at the Oscars in 2000, enduring as a classic over 20 years later, and having a sequel that was released ...

The story of Spartacus and 10 other gladiators who rebelled against the bloody coliseum sports. They escape and are faced at every turn by Roman soldiers bent on taking them back to the Coliseum ...

Their insurrection came to be known as the Third Servile War, or the Gladiators’ War. Leading his army of runaway slaves, which has been estimated to have reached 100,000 men, Spartacus defeated ...

Even though it’s at least 1,500 years since the last Roman gladiators fought, thanks to TV and movies such as Spartacus (1960) and Gladiator (2000), audiences remain fascinated with them and the ...

the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a ...

In “The Commander,” Schiavone looks at the transformation of a band of run away gladiators into an army that ravaged much of southern Italy as it took on Roman armies. Finally, in “The Loser,” ...

Archaeologists retrace the mysterious path of Pompeii's history, from the revolt led by the gladiator Spartacus to the riot of 59 AD, and uncover what the city was like in the years leading up to ...