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Spartacus.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Revealing Antiquity SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674075801
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: SpartacusDDC classification:
  • 937.05092
LOC classification:
  • DG258
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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