Episode CVI - The Third Servile War
Emperors of Rome
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Spardacus - Is He a Freedom Fighter?
This is the passage that's often brought up when people want to counter any suggest that spardacus was there for liberty. He doesn't think he can defeat the romans, and maybe this is why plutarch calls him wise. And i sort of get the impression that spartacus almost starts to iternalize the roman perspective, that defeating another army brings you glory. We're not told whether he was an arrogant ore, you know, somebody who wanted to accumulate glory for himself.
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