Spartacus

Brotherhood, Family, and Love The theme of brotherhood, family and love is one of Spartacus’s major motivations throughout the film. The small scenes like Spartacus and Varinia laughing in a field together, to men huddling around a fire, accompanied with a light soundtrack push the importance brotherhood and love. The scene close to the end of the film, where Spartacus walks around the slave’s camps before the major battle, and views the people in his camp. It is not only made up of hardened male slave warriors and gladiators, but entire families. Mothers clutch their children around fires late at night, on the eve of the defining battle. This scene was accompanied with a hopeful score, as it wasn't just slaves that Spartacus was hoping to…

As we aggressively protect our freedom, we admire the rebels who have fought for it. Writers of history flatter these individuals in stories. Their admirable traits make them very susceptible to immortalisation through myth and legend. Two individuals who have been thus immortalised are Roman gladiator Spartacus and Scottish rebel William Wallace. They continue to inspire people to strive for freedom. As long as rebels survive in the public interest, such as through story, myth or symbolism,…

Spartacus was born in the city of Thrace. Thrace was an area in the northern part of Greece and one of the roman empires earliest enemies. Historians have suggested that Spartacus was an auxiliary in the roman empires army. Auxiliary’s formed the standing non-citizen corps of the roman army. Nearly all auxiliary recruits were volunteers, who gave specialist support to the Roman Empire. It was suggested that it was possible for Spartacus to have committed a crime or deserted his troops, which the…

years the topic of slavery has become a big hit in the film industry. Films like Ben Hur, Spartacus, Gladiator, and D’jango Unchained have all shared the same theme of slavery. These films tell stories of slaves and the terrible hardship of being held captive. Due to its thought-provoking nature films about slavery have become a reoccurring manifestation in the film industry. As a result of their popularity, slavery has been morphed into an almost glamorized notion. Movies like Ben Hur,…

due to the rise of internet technology. However, when we examine some first-hand accounts of drama and scandal present upon the sets and in the offices of big budget Hollywood at the end of the Golden Age, we can construct the idea that movies such as Spartacus were vulnerable, not just to the escalation of political and religious tensions, but also, the far more personal scale of individual ego and creative…

The TV series Spartacus describes how Spartacus and the rebellion that he started represents a stand for the end of oppression and slavery. In the 1960s, a movie produced about the gladiator Spartacus “has been associated, despite its complicated production and reception history, with the emancipatory politics of the 1960s.” The connection between the Civil Rights Movement and Spartacus was that they both fought against what was considered a superior power at the time for their freedom. That…

thought female gladiators were entertaining. King Tiridates of Armenia wanted female gladiators and so in female gladiators were introduced. Women probably didn't have any special treatments and probably went through the same procedures as men gladiators did. They went to harsh school to learn how to become a gladiator . In a normal gladiator event the loser would normally die. This would be the case until Rome runs out of gladiators. Now both gladiators can leave the arena both alive. The…

became a celebrity of ancient times. He would be famous and have a lot of riches, so that made more people want to become a gladiator. Everybody wanted to be famous and have riches so they were willing to take the risk of death to obtain the fame and riches. The games was the very foundation of Roman entertainment. If you were a Roman you would be in the Coliseum consistently for the fights. That was one of the only forms of entertainment back then and the Romans took full advantage of the…

Georgy Golubev History 111C, Prof. Spyridakis May 20th, 2015 Trials of Power and Will : A Symbol of Hope for Mankind Spartacus has had many accounts written on him from a myriad of different perspectives. His life has been embellished and tarnished, yet in the end it is undeniable that he became a symbol of courage and strength for all of mankind. He has a story of universal appeal and through a few texts we will see how the life of a relatively minor historical figure turns from a…

jogging, jumping, running, push ups, sit ups, jumping, technique, light sparring, running, technique, sparring, technique, then some more jogging. After the torture that was the training, we ate the porridge and bread to be expected from Rome which was followed up by free time. We could read, rest, bathe, chat, hell we could fuck if we wanted to, but that however I could not bring myself to do. After all, it was my foolishness that had brought my wife and I to be here in the first place. As I…