Spartacus.
Schiavone, Aldo.
Spartacus. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (198 pages) - Revealing Antiquity Series ; v.19 . - Revealing Antiquity Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the American Edition -- Before Beginning . . . -- Maps -- 1. The Fugitive -- 2. The Commander -- 3. The Loser -- The Ancient Sources -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index.
The slave and gladiator Spartacus has been the subject of myth-making in his own time and of movie-making in ours. Aldo Schiavone brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Spartacus emerges here as the commander of an army, whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to strike at the very heart of the imperial system.
9780674075801
Spartacus,--71 B.C.
Enslaved persons-Rome-Biography.
Gladiators-Rome-Biography.
Soldiers-Rome-Biography.
Slave rebellions-Rome.
Rome-History-Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C.
Electronic books.
DG258
937.05092
Spartacus. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (198 pages) - Revealing Antiquity Series ; v.19 . - Revealing Antiquity Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the American Edition -- Before Beginning . . . -- Maps -- 1. The Fugitive -- 2. The Commander -- 3. The Loser -- The Ancient Sources -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index.
The slave and gladiator Spartacus has been the subject of myth-making in his own time and of movie-making in ours. Aldo Schiavone brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Spartacus emerges here as the commander of an army, whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to strike at the very heart of the imperial system.
9780674075801
Spartacus,--71 B.C.
Enslaved persons-Rome-Biography.
Gladiators-Rome-Biography.
Soldiers-Rome-Biography.
Slave rebellions-Rome.
Rome-History-Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C.
Electronic books.
DG258
937.05092