
Episode CVII - The Legacy of Spartacus
Emperors of Rome
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'Spartacus', 'The Toe of Italy'
This is from frontinus, on escaping a difficult situation. This is spartacus proped dead men up with spears to make it look like there's actually men behind the wall. When marcus crassus had constructed a ditch around the forces of spartacus, the latter at night filled it with the bodies of prisoners and cattle that he had slain,. It's a great tactic. It's so gory. Is a great it's so spartacus as well. And you know, it is a very short distance between the toe of italy and messina in sicily. But maybe that means he understands them, but he doesn't have to think like them.
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