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Episode CV - Spartacus the Gladiator

Emperors of Rome

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The Good Guy in Romans: Partacus

The idea of a slave rebellion, i think, is terrifying to the romans. And plutarch's account of spartacus while being about crassus, the man who defeated spartacus, very much treatsspa us,. liked the good guy in the story, i suppose. So why does rome build up spartacus so much as an enemy? Is it in their interest to draw attention to the rebellion? It isn't, isn't it? I suppose that he claims that he's defeated spartacan. Why? There's also talk that pompey had a lot to do with it. Though i'd say that slaves who are the low of

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