SPARTACUS AND THE GLADIATORS’ REVOLT

Exceptional destinies

An episode from the series SECRETS OF HISTORY - PORTRAITS

Synopsis

A slave turned gladiator, Spartacus refused to accept the fate imposed upon him. At the head of thousands of men, he challenged the might of Rome and shook the Republic to its core.

How did this man manage to turn an escape into one of the greatest uprisings of antiquity?