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  1. ‘Spartacus’ was based on a slave who headed a revolt against the Romans in the 1st century BC. Although much of the evidence for Spartacus’ existence is anecdotal, there are some coherent themes that emerge. Spartacus was indeed a slave who led the Spartacus Revolt, which began in 73 BC.
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    The TV series Spartacus is based on the real-life legend, but much of the story is fictionalized, although the first season stays fairly true to historical facts. 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.
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    According to historian "Barry Strauss" Spartacus is based upon a real historic gladiator, though the real Spartacus differs slightly from how he is portrayed in the movies that always depict Spartacus as amongst the good guys fighting for the people, when in truth they were good guys fighting for their own freedom that done a lot of bad things in the process, such as taking advantage of poor policing in the roman world and...

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    Also, while Spartacus was a real person who has inspired revolutionaries and filmmakers, scholars do not have an abundant amount of information about him. Accounts from only about a dozen ancient writers survive to this day, and none of the surviving reports was written by Spartacus or one of his supporters.
    www.livescience.com/39730-spartacus.html
    No, ‘Spartacus’ is not a true story. The film, penned by Dalton Trumbo, is based on the eponymous novel written by Howard Fast. The book, in turn, is a fictionalized version of the known historical account of Spartacus and his revolt against the Romans.
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    Spartacus, leader in the Gladiatorial War (73–71 BCE) against Rome. Although his uprising was not an attempt at social revolution, his name has frequently been invoked by revolutionaries such as Adam Weishaupt in the late 18th century and members of the German Spartacus League of 1916–19.
    It is known that Spartacus was of Thracian origins and was eventually captured and enslaved by the Roman army. Eventually, Spartacus would find himself as a gladiator and earn quite a name for himself as one of the best fighters in the ring. In regards to his ties with the Roman Empire, historians aren’t quite sure of what exactly happened.
    Spartacus by Denis Foyatier, 1830 In 1960 Stanley Kubrick directed a historical epic starring Kirk Douglas. ‘Spartacus’ was based on a slave who headed a revolt against the Romans in the 1st century BC. Although much of the evidence for Spartacus’ existence is anecdotal, there are some coherent themes that emerge.
    Spartacus was indeed a slave who led the Spartacus Revolt, which began in 73 BC. By the 1st century BC, Rome had gathered supreme control of the Mediterranean in a series of bloody wars. Italy had unprecedented wealth, including over 1 million slaves. Tristan Hughes explores the destruction of Pompeii and what really happened nearly 2000 years ago.
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