Utopia Talk / Politics / Spartacus fucking ruled

Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 01:11:38 I never thought much of that period in roman history, a boring revolt of slaves soon ended by proper armies... But that show fucking rules. The plot fucking rules. I couldnt stop watching it.
CrownRoyal Member	Fri Apr 23 01:16:16 gtfo man. I mean, the effects were very entertaining, all the gore and constant fucking. But this was not a great show, I was laughing my ass at some of the corniest moments. The Wire, it aint. I still have two episodes to watch, maybe something amazing happens there?
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 01:36:24 The effects were actually the worst part. The fake blood... acceptable but not great. The plot and acting was way better than I expected. It certainly kicks the shit out of any other production that has occurred in some years, with the possible exception of Generation Kill.
habebe Member	Fri Apr 23 02:09:53 Is it anything like Rome (HBO), I really wish they weren't canceled.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 02:12:54 It is similar to rome but better. They get better and better through the series.
habebe Member	Fri Apr 23 02:15:43 I'll have to check it out then, ROME was probably the best historical drama series ever.
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Fri Apr 23 02:28:09 spartacus isn't that great. action is good, effects are stupid. the plot is fairly predictable. I'd say Rome was better, but there's always the chance future episodes improve the series. it's watchable. as long as you expect a marginal plot made better by typical roman customs and savagery.
russian Member	Fri Apr 23 02:32:49 XENAS TITS
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Fri Apr 23 02:33:19 exactly.
CrownRoyal Member	Fri Apr 23 02:45:29 "The effects were actually the worst part. The fake blood... acceptable but not great. " I said gore and fucking were entertaining, not great. Nothing is great about spartacus, they try to be both Rome(great HBO show) and 300(graphic movie) at the same time, and as a result they fail at both. Like when he yells "I.AM.SPARTACUS!" after he wins. A fairly laughable cross between the great "Thirteenth!" cry of Rome and the retarded but entertaining cry "Spartans!" that they shout throughout the 300 movie. There are other instances of trying to be both and not succeeding. They have neither the grittiness and believability of Rome nor the retarded but entertaining pace of 300. I'd still rcoemmend this show to people, you are correct, it certainly kicks the shit out of any other production that has occurred in some years. But its not great.
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Fri Apr 23 02:53:19 "it certainly kicks the shit out of any other production that has occurred in some years." fuck you, castle is the best show on tv. most other stuff is crap though.
russian Member	Fri Apr 23 02:58:34 By XENA's purple tits your all wrong. The best show on tv is stargate universe.
Nimatzo Member	Fri Apr 23 02:59:05 I have to agree with Sam the show if fucking great and kick ass. I mean you have violence, tits and fucking AND it is a period in history that I enjoy. The acting is very good and so is the twisting plot. The series had a mid season high mark last week, what everyone had been waiting for. For Spartacus and the slaves to break free. I mean the massacre of the villa was an art form :-)
habebe Member	Fri Apr 23 03:01:27 Castle? Stargate Universe? Nope your both wrong Dexter is the best series on TV.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 03:14:04 I like how characters fortunes and your opinions of them change and then change again and again throughout the show. I think they might have another good season in them, as the rebels rape and pillage and grow strong, but then they will be bound more by history and won't have the budget to properly remake the increasingly larger battles... also the shows hero and his slave army are ultimately powerless against the organized might of the roman army.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 03:16:31 but ya, the last episode rocked.
russian Member	Fri Apr 23 03:19:31 by xenas big and pointly nipples, i actually havent seen any episodes, just cut scenes showing lucy lawless topless
patom Member	Fri Apr 23 03:19:32 All this excitement over a movie that was made in the 50's??
habebe Member	Fri Apr 23 03:20:20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_blood_and_sand It's a tv series now.
habebe Member	Fri Apr 23 03:21:27 Similar to Rome...whih I can vouch kicked ass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_(TV_series)
Nimatzo Member	Fri Apr 23 03:42:26 I actually think about the big battles and how they will solve that, maybe they set up with the hopes that the show would be a hit and they would receive big funding for the second season, because even the very small battles (in comparison) in the beginning they bypassed entirely by having them desert. Not even Rome (the series) showed any big battles, just the aftermaths, but then again Rome was not so much about kicking ass but more about stabbing backs.
Isaksson Member	Fri Apr 23 04:32:48 I miss grabbing tits, i miss tits now when you are talking about it. good ol fashion big tits. i don't want to suck on them no, but grab them, curess them, mold them, hold them. I miss tits!
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:40:33 Spartacus (1960 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Spartacus Theatrical Poster by Reynold Brown Directed by Stanley Kubrick Produced by Edward Lewis Written by Dalton Trumbo Howard Fast (Novel) Starring Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Peter Ustinov John Gavin Jean Simmons Charles Laughton Tony Curtis Music by Alex North Cinematography Russell Metty Editing by Robert Lawrence Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date(s) October 7, 1960 (1960-10-07) Running time 184 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $12 million Gross revenue $60 million Spartacus is a 1960 American historical drama movie directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. The film stars Kirk Douglas as rebellious slave Spartacus and Laurence Olivier as his foe, the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus. The film also stars Peter Ustinov (who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus), John Gavin (as Julius Caesar), Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Woody Strode, Tony Curtis, John Dall and Charles McGraw. The titles were designed by Saul Bass.[1] Contents [hide] * 1 Plot * 2 Cast * 3 Production o 3.1 Screenplay development o 3.2 Filming o 3.3 Music * 4 Re-releases and restoration * 5 Historical inaccuracies * 6 Awards and nominations o 6.1 Academy Awards * 7 Critical reception * 8 I am Spartacus! * 9 References * 10 External links [edit] Plot The film begins with slaves working in the Roman province of Libya. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), a burly Thracian, comes to the aid of an old man who has fallen down. A Roman soldier whips Spartacus and tells him to get back to work, only to be attacked and bitten on the ankle. For this, Spartacus is tied up and sentenced to death by starvation. Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), a lanista (an impresario of gladiatorial games), arrives looking for recruits for his gladiatorial establishment. He inspects several slaves before finally settling on Spartacus, recognizing his unbroken spirit, along with his good health and physical condition. Batiatus purchases Spartacus and several others, then sails for Capua where his gladiatorial training camp is located. The trainer, Marcellus (Charles McGraw), immediately tries to provoke Spartacus into giving the trainer a reason to kill the Thracian as an example. Spartacus also befriends another gladiator, Crixus (John Ireland). After several scenes showing gladiator training and life at the school, Crassus (Laurence Olivier) arrives with some companions, wishing to be entertained by watching two pairs of gladiators fight to the death. Spartacus is selected along with Crixus, an Ethiopian named Draba (Woody Strode), and another gladiator named Galino. During the first fight, Crixus and Galino are the first to fight, in which Crixus slays Galino. Next, Spartacus duels Draba and is defeated. Draba, however refuses to kill him, instead throwing his trident into the elevated spectators' box and leaping to attack the Romans. Crassus quickly dispatches the slave and prepares to depart. As he leaves, he purchases the pretty slave woman from Batiatus, Varinia (Jean Simmons), whom Batiatus has assigned to Spartacus. Spartacus and Varinia have fallen in love, and in frustration at his loss and the overseer's callous treatment, Spartacus begins a successful uprising. The gladiators eventually take Capua and all the surrounding districts. Many local slaves flock to the insurgents. Spartacus outlines his plan to escape by sea from the port of Brundisium, aboard the ships of the Cilician pirates, whom he plans to pay from the slaves' plunder. In the Senate of Rome, plebeian senator Sempronius Gracchus (Charles Laughton) cunningly manipulates Crassus's protege and friend Marcus Glabrus (John Dall) into taking six cohorts of the Garrison of Rome out to crush the revolt, leaving the way open for Gracchus's ally, Julius Caesar (John Gavin) to take command of the garrison during the absence of Glabrus. Meanwhile, Crassus receives new slaves as a gift from the governor of Sicily. Among them is Antoninus (Tony Curtis), a former children's tutor from Sicily. After Crassus intimidates him, Antoninus soon runs away to join Spartacus. Spartacus and Crixus review some new recruits, assigning them positions according to their skills. Antoninus, who is among them, identifies himself as a poet and illusionist. Later he entertains the slave army, but he is determined to be a soldier, indirectly commenting on the relation between politics and art. Spartacus is reunited with Varinia, who had escaped from Batiatus, only to end up the property of yet another master. After assaulting and destroying six cohorts of the Garrison of Rome, Spartacus and his army continue on toward the sea. A humiliated Glabrus returns to Rome, with only fourteen other known survivors of the attack. After a senate hearing, Crassus is forced to banish Glabrus from Rome for his carelessness. Rome keeps sending armies to put down the rebellion, but Spartacus defeats them all; one such defeat at Metapontum costs the Romans 19,000 men. Crassus resigns from the Senate, supposedly to share the disgrace of his exiled friend Glabrus. However, Gracchus suspects that he is merely waiting for the situation to become so desperate that the senators will make him dictator, thus neutralizing Gracchus's rival plebeian party. Gracchus, for his own purposes, maneuvers to help the slaves to escape in order to deny Crassus his opportunity. A disgusted Caesar betrays Gracchus, however, and Crassus reaches deep into his own pockets to defeat the plan. When the former slaves reach the coast, they discover that the Cilicians have been bought off by Crassus. The Cilician envoy (Herbert Lom) offers to convey Spartacus, along with the pregnant Varinia and Spartacus's senior officers, to Asia to live like kings. Spartacus, however, is unwilling to abandon his army. Spartacus finds himself trapped between three Roman armies (Pompey in Calabria, Lucullus in Brundisium and the legions of Crassus in Rome. The Roman deployment has maneuvered Spartacus into a position where he can be trapped between two Roman armies, and his only other choice is to fight his way through to Rome itself, a strategy with little chance of success. Meanwhile, the Senate gives Crassus the sweeping powers he desires. In parallel scenes, Spartacus harangues the slaves, while Crassus warns against the elimination of patrician privileges. Batiatus is hired by Crassus to help him identify Spartacus after his expected capture, and is in turn promised the dealership of the survivors of Spartacus's army after its defeat. The climactic battle begins with Spartacus leading his troops, men and women, against Crassus and his own legions. During the fighting, the slaves initially enjoy some success, but later on Crixus is killed, and the slave forces are overwhelmed by the arrival of the armies of Pompey and Lucullus. The battle results in the total defeat of the rebel army, heavy casualties on both sides, and the capture of many survivors, including Spartacus and Antoninus. Crassus promises the captives that they will not be punished if they will identify Spartacus or his body. Spartacus and Antoninus stand up, but before Spartacus can speak, Antoninus shouts "I'm Spartacus!" One by one, each surviving slave stands, shouting out "I'm Spartacus!" Crassus condemns them all to be crucified along the Appian Way from the battlefield to the gates of Rome, against Batiatus's wishes. He saves Antoninus and Spartacus for last, recognizing the former and recalling the latter's face and name from his visit to Capua. The slaves are marched along the Appian Way, where, one by one, they are crucified. Meanwhile, Batiatus sees that the revenge of Crassus denies him the promised lucrative auction of the surviving slaves. Varinia and her first born son, recovered from the battlefield, are taken to Crassus's home. Crassus tries to use Varinia as a love slave, and he unsuccessfully tries to woo her. In his last act before committing suicide, the disgraced Gracchus generously hires Batiatus to steal Varinia from Crassus, then grants freedom for her and her son, personally writing out manumission documents for them. After they leave, Gracchus examines two daggers, looks at one and says "Hmm... prettier". Grabbing one dagger and putting down the other, he goes into the adjoining room, closing the curtains behind him as he leaves. Meanwhile, prior to execution, Spartacus talks of how he saw slaves "rise up from the dust" to challenge Rome. Crassus arrives and orders Spartacus and Antoninus to duel to the death, too impatient to wait for the next day's celebrations in which the pair was to figure, and furious at Spartcus's refusal to confirm his identity, Crassus declares that the winner will be crucified. Each man tries to kill the other, to spare his companion a slow, agonizing death on the cross. After killing Antoninus, Spartacus is informed that Varinia and her son are slaves of Crassus, and he is then crucified by the walls of Rome. Crassus admits to Caesar that he now and for the first time fears Spartacus, who has become a martyr. Batiatus and Varinia leave for Gaul via the Appian Way and find Spartacus hanging on the last cross by the road, not quite dead. Varinia shows Spartacus their newborn son, vowing that he will grow up a free man, promises to tell her son, "Who his father was, and what he dreamed of," and bids Spartacus a final farewell. With one last breath, Spartacus's head slumps back, and Varinia gets back onto the wagon and rides on. [edit] Cast * Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, a Thracian slave working in Libya, who is purchased by the lanista Lentulus Batiatus, and trained as a gladiator. He later leads the revolt at the gladiatorial school, which spreads throughout the countryside. * Laurence Olivier as Crassus, a patrician with an obsessive love of the city of Rome and its old tradition of patrician rule. As the wealthiest man in Rome, he vies for power in the Roman Senate and thinks little of Spartacus's rebellion. When Douglas approached Olivier, after they had known each other from working together on The Devil's Disciple, the Academy-award-winning British actor suggested he play Spartacus, much to Douglas's dismay. However, Olivier later accepted the supporting role. * Jean Simmons as Varinia, a slave girl from Britannia working for Batiatus, who falls in love with Spartacus and eventually becomes his loving wife, and gives birth to a son. Academy Awardâ??nominee Simmons had played many roles in notable British films (Great Expectations, Black Narcissus, Olivier's Hamlet), and had made a successful transition to Hollywood. This was one of her numerous leading roles. * Charles Laughton as Gracchus, a dedicated Roman president who is Crassus's only real opposition. He is a Republican and a crooked pragmatist whose lack of scruples in his political dealings is his ultimate downfall. However, he was willing to help Batiatus seek revenge on Crassus. Academy Awardâ??winner Laughton's career had dwindled somewhat since the late 1930s. This was one of his last major roles, before his death in 1962. He and Olivier shared a similar relationship to that of their respective characters, and reportedly weren't even told that the other had been cast before filming began. * Peter Ustinov as Lentulus Batiatus, a shrewd, manipulative slave dealer, who purchases Spartacus, and ends up paying dearly for it. He blames Crassus for Spartacus's rebellion and for his poverty; therefore, he seeks revenge against Crassus and eventually settles that account with a little help from the Roman senator Gracchus. Peter Ustinov won his first Oscar for his role in this film (the second would come with Topkapi). Ustinov was a writer, director, and a distinguished raconteur. His performance was the only one that would win an Oscar from a Kubrick film. * John Gavin as Julius Caesar, the young, ambitious, protege of Gracchus, who gains command of the Garrison of Rome during the chaos of the Spartacus rebellion. His support of Gracchus wanes as the rebellion becomes more serious and Caesar grows disgusted with Gracchus's perfidious attitude towards Spartacus, ultimately defecting to Crassus. Gavin is today best known as the lover of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. He would later become the United States Ambassador to Mexico. * Nina Foch as Helena Glabrus, a shrewd, maniplative sister of Marcus Publius Glabrus, who insists that Batiatus entertain them with two pairs of gladiators fighting to the death much to the slave dealer's dismay. The Academy Awardâ??nominated Foch had gained mainstream stardom in another epic, Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments. * John Ireland as Crixus, one of Spartacus' most loyal lieutenants, and serves him until he is slain in the final battle. Academy Awardâ??nominee Ireland normally played supporting roles akin to the one he played in Spartacus; he played a variety of supporting characters in Hollywood epics and Westerns, as well as larger roles in Italian sword and sandal films and spaghetti westerns. * Herbert Lom as Tigranes Levantus, a Cilician pirate who agrees to take the slaves out of Italy. When Spartacus and his forces reach Brundisium, Levantus is forced to betray them, and takes no pride in it. Herbert Lom was a Czech who moved to Hollywood, eventually to gain his greatest fame as Inspector Dreyfuss in Blake Edwards' long-running film series The Pink Panther. * John Dall as Marcus Publius Glabrus, a naïve protege of Crassus, who unwittingly plays into the hands of Gracchus. Academy Awardâ??nominee Dall was an American actor who worked primarily in the theatre. His most famous screen role is as Brandon Shaw, one of the two murderers in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope. His character is loosely based on Gaius Claudius Glaber. * Charles McGraw as Marcellus, the gruff and cruel gladiator trainer for Lentulus Batiatus. He never liked Spartacus and singling him out for extra training and punishment. He is killed by Spartacus during the revolt. McGraw was well known for playing heavies similar to his role in Spartacus. * Tony Curtis as Antoninus, a young Sicilian slave who leaves his master, Crassus, and joins Spartacus. At the conclusion of the movie Spartacus and Antoninus are forced to fight to the death in a gladiatorial match, the survivor to be crucified. Academy Awardâ??nominee Curtis had recently had a huge success with Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, and Douglas wanted him for the film to add more "star power". * Woody Strode as Draba, an Ethiopian being trained at the gladitorial school. Initially, Draba refuses to tell Spartacus his name, being he knows someday he might be matched with him in the ring: each would be obliged to kill the other. Soon afterward, they are matched and ordered to fight to the death: Draba defeats Spartacus but refuses to kill him; he instead attempts to kill the spectators, but he fails and is killed himself. His body is later hung up by his feet near the gladiators' quarters as an example, but it is removed after the revolt. A former football player and Olympic athlete, Strode was a frequently-used Hollywood character actor; aside from his role in Spartacus, Strode is probably best-known for his appearances in a number of classic Westerns, including Sergeant Rutledge, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Professionals and Once Upon a Time in the West. [edit] Production The development of Spartacus was partly instigated by Kirk Douglas's failure to win the title role in William Wyler's Ben-Hur. Douglas had worked with Wyler before on Detective Story, and was disappointed when Wyler chose Charlton Heston instead. Not wanting to appear beaten, he decided to upstage Wyler, and create his own epic, Spartacus, with himself in the title role. [edit] Screenplay development Originally, Howard Fast was hired to adapt his own novel as a screenplay, but he experienced difficulty working in the screenplay format and was replaced by the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo, who worked under the pseudonym "Sam Jackson". The filming was plagued by the conflicting visions of Kubrick and Trumbo: Kubrick, a young director at the time, did not have the degree of control he would later have over his films, and the final product is more a result of Trumbo's optimistic screenplay than it is of Stanley Kubrick's trademark cynicism;[citation needed] Kubrick complained, in fact, that the character of Spartacus had no faults or quirks. [edit] Filming After David Lean turned down an offer to direct, Spartacus was originally to be directed by veteran Anthony Mann, then best-known for his Westerns like Winchester '73 and The Naked Spur. However, at the end of the first week of shooting, in which the opening sequence in the quarry had been filmed, Mann was fired by Douglas. "He seemed scared of the scope of the picture," wrote Douglas in his autobiography; yet a year later Mann would embark on another epic of similar size, El Cid. Indeed, the dismissal (or resignation) of Mann still remains mysterious since the opening sequences, filmed at Death Valley, Nevada, admirably set the style for the rest of the movie - Metty's camera achieving breathtaking vistas, Douglas is effectively silent while Peter Ustinov deftly establishes his character as the slave trader. Thirty-year-old Stanley Kubrick was hired to take over. He had already directed four productions (including Paths of Glory, also starring Douglas), but only two had been feature length films. Spartacus was a bigger project by far, with a budget of $12 million and a cast of 10,500, a daunting project for such a young director (although his contract did not give him complete control over the filming), but Kubrick gave no indication of being overwhelmed. Shortly after taking over, Kubrick effectively fired cinematographer Russell Metty and took over the film's lighting work himself, although Metty remained contracted and credited as cinematographer to avoid legal wrangling, and would in fact win an Oscar for "his" work on the film. Spartacus was filmed using the 35 mm Technirama format and then blown up to 70 mm film. This was a change for Kubrick, who preferred using square-format ratios. Kubrick found working outdoors or in real locations to be distracting and thus preferred to film in the studio. He believed the actors would benefit more from working on a sound stage, where they could fully concentrate. To create the illusion of the large crowds that play such an essential role in the film, Kubrick's crew used three-channel sound equipment to record 76,000 spectators at a Michigan State â?? Notre Dame college football game shouting "Hail, Crassus!" and "I'm Spartacus!" The intimate scenes were filmed in Hollywood, but Kubrick insisted that all battle scenes be filmed on a vast plain outside Madrid. Eight thousand trained soldiers from the Spanish infantry were used to double as the Roman army. Kubrick directed the armies from the top of specially constructed towers. However, he eventually had to cut all but one of the gory battle scenes, due to negative audience reactions at preview screenings. In the final crucifixion scene, an extra accidentally slipped off the temporary bicycle seats they were standing on, and nearly died. [edit] Music This section may contain original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding references. Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. More details may be available on the talk page. (November 2009) This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2009) The original score for Spartacus was composed and conducted by six-time Academy Award nominee Alex North. It is considered[who?] one of his best works, and a textbook example of how modernist compositional styles can be adapted to the Hollywood leitmotif technique. North's score is epic, as befits the scale of the film. After extensive research of music of that period, North gathered a collection of antique instruments that, while not authentically Roman, provided a strong dramatic effect. These instruments included a Sarrusophone, Israeli recorder , Chinese oboe, lute, mandolin, Yugoslav flute, kythara, dulcimer, and bagpipes. North's prize instrument was the Ondioline, similar to an earlier version of the electronic synthesizer, which had never been used in film before. Much of the music is written without a tonal center, or flirts with tonality in ways that most film composers wouldn't allow. One theme is used to represent both slavery and freedom, but is given different values in different scenes, so that it sounds like different themes. The love theme for Spartacus and Varinia is the most accessible theme in the film, and there is a harsh trumpet figure for Crassus. The soundtrack album runs less than forty-five minutes and is not very representative of the score. There were plans to re-record a significant amount of the music with North's friend and fellow film composer Jerry Goldsmith, but the project kept getting delayed until Goldsmith's death in 2004. There have been numerous bootlegs, but none of them have good sound quality. [edit] Re-releases and restoration The film was re-released in 1967 (in a version 23 minutes shorter than the original release), and again in 1991 with the same 23 minutes restored by Robert A. Harris, plus an additional 14 minutes that had been cut from the film before its original release. This addition includes several violent battle sequences as well as a bath scene in which the Roman patrician and general Crassus (Olivier) attempts to seduce his slave Antoninus (Curtis) using the analogy of "eating oysters" and "eating snails" to express his opinion that sexual preference is a matter of taste rather than morality. When the film was restored (two years after Olivier's death) the original dialogue recording of this scene was missing, and so it had to be re-dubbed. Tony Curtis, by then 66, was able to re-record his part, but Crassus's voice is actually an impersonation of Olivier by actor Anthony Hopkins, a talented mimic who had been a protege of Olivier during his days as the National Theatre's Artistic Director, and knew his voice well. Some four minutes of the film, however, are lost, due to Universal's mishandling of its film prints in the 1970s. These scenes extend on the character of Gracchus (Laughton), including a scene where he commits suicide. The audio tracks of these scenes have survived and are included on the Criterion Collection DVD, alongside production stills of some of the lost footage. [edit] Historical inaccuracies * The historical Spartacus was not born into slavery but enslaved either after being captured in war or after deserting from the Roman Army. There is no evidence he worked in the mines of Libya. * The historical Spartacus was not crucified but killed in battle and his body was not found. * The Retiarii gladiator type did not exist until the 1st century CE. * The character of Gracchus is anachronistic. The most significant Gracchi were Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus who were both revolutionary political figures active from 163 to 121 BC. The cinematic Gracchus is a composite of the two historical figures and their populist political stance, as well as their tendency to break with tradition in favor of expediency. * No garrison of Rome existed in 71 BC. City guards were tasked with protecting the city and policing its streets. The Praetorian Guard - as depicted in the film - was created by Emperor Augustus half a century later. * Crassus was never made dictator of Rome and was never honoured with a Roman triumph but only with the lesser ovation, the honour due to victors in civil wars. [edit] Awards and nominations [edit] Academy Awards Award[2] Winner(s) Best Actor in a Supporting Role Peter Ustinov Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Alexander Golitzen Eric Orbom Russell A. Gausman Julia Heron Best Cinematography, Color Russell Metty Best Costume Design, Color Arlington Valles Bill Thomas Nominated: Best Film Editing Robert Lawrence Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Alex North Spartacus has been on 5 different AFI 100 Years... lists including #62 for thrills, #22 for heroes, #44 for cheers and #81 for overall movies. In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten top Ten"â??the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genresâ??after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Spartacus was acknowledged as the fifth best film in the epic genre.[3][4] [edit] Critical reception Critics such as Roger Ebert have argued that the film has flaws, though his review is generally positive otherwise.[5] Bosley Crowther called it a "spotty, uneven drama."[6] It has a 95% (fresh) rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7] Critics attribute some of the film's flaws to various elements including the interference of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which imposed censorial conformity under the Production Code.[citation needed] Spartacus was one of the most violent and sexually suggestive films of its time. The replacement of the original director, Anthony Mann, in exchange for Stanley Kubrick, may have made the filming more difficult.[original research?] However, the final cut including several deleted scenes key to the unfolding of the story, has restored the picture's initital conception.[citation needed] The recut version significantly improves the original release and has gained widespread critical acclaim.[citation needed] With the passage of time, Spartacus unlike other major epic dramas of the time has gained in artistic value thanks to intimate performances by Douglas, Olivier and Curtis and momentous action such as the battle at the banks of the Silarus.[citation needed] [edit] I am Spartacus! The climactic scene in which recaptured slaves are asked to identify Spartacus in exchange for leniency, and instead proclaim themselves to be Spartacus and thus share his fate, has been widely referenced and parodied in a range of different media. The 1964 Soviet-Cuban film I Am Cuba has a scene in which three captured Cuban guerrillas claim one after another "I am Fidel!". There is an "I am Malcolm X!" montage at the end of Malcolm X, and several people declare themselves drag queens to prevent one from being arrested in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar. South Park parodies the scene in the episode "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow", as does the series finale of Power Rangers in Space, the episode of Futurama entitled "A Tale of Two Santas", and the episode of Undergrads "Traditions". The 1979 film The Life of Brian reverses the scene by depicting an entire group undergoing crucifixion all claiming to be Brian who it has just been announced is eligible for release ("I'm Brian" "No I'm Brian" "I'm Brian and so's my wife.") The 1996 film That Thing You Do! has a recurring line in which the character Guy Patterson refers to himself as Spartacus. ... an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, called "The Fires of Pompeii". The 1997 film In & Out has a scene in which a number of students stand up and claim to be gay in support of their teacher. The 1998 film The Mask of Zorro has a scene in which the prison guards, directed by the antagonist Don Rafael Montero, demand that Zorro reveal himself. Diego De La Vega (the original Zorro) stays silent as many of the prisoners proclaim themselves to be Zorro, to the point of arguing and fighting amongst themselves. In 2001, the Nickelodeon t.v. show Fairly Odd Parents, had an episode which climaxed when all the parents searched for a kid who offended them named Double T, and a group of kids subsequently shouted, "I'm Double T!" The 2005 film Colour Me Kubrick, inspired by the impersonation in real-life of Spartacus director Stanley Kubrick, pays reference to the 'Spartacus moment' with con-man Alan Conway finally frustrated in his impersonation by fellow inmates of a mental asylum all declaring "I'm Stanley Kubrick". In 2005, Pepsi aired a commercial where a Roman general announced that a package (a 12oz can of Pepsi) had arrived for Spartacus, and asked if he was there to claim it. Using the original footage from the Kubrick film, everyone immediately claimed to be Spartacus in an attempt to get the beverage for himself, resulting in the general drinking it himself. The commercial contains licensed footage from the original film. During the Monk episode "Mr. Monk Meets The Red-Headed Stranger" when the police ask who is Willie Nelson (after accusing him of murder), everyone in the room replies, "I'm Willie Nelson!" In May 2007 British soldiers in Iraq were reported to be wearing t-shirts bearing the statement "I'm Harry!" in reference to the debate over whether Prince Harry should serve a tour of duty there.[8] The 2008 Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps from Rockford, IL, won their 2nd World Championship with a program based on Spartacus (although not a literal retelling of the ballet, as in their 1981 and 1982 programs). Near the end of the show, one of the drum majors shouts "I...am Spartacus," and in addition to the color guard and other members of the corps echoing it, members of the audience also joined in. In the 7th episode, "Great and Unfortunate Things," of the TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the final scene includes the title character, played by Andy Whitfield, shouting "I am Spartacus!" to the crowd at the gladitorial arena at Capua after defeating six men dressed as his countrymen as a way of declaring his acceptance of his new life as a Roman gladiator. [edit] References 1. ^ Spartacus at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved June 17, 2006. 2. ^ "NY Times: Spartacus". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/45948/Spartacus/details. Retrieved 2008-12-24. 3. ^ American Film Institute (2008-06-17). "AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres". ComingSoon.net. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072. Retrieved 2008-06-18. 4. ^ "Top 10 Epic". American Film Institute. http://www.afi.com/10top10/epic.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18. 5. ^ Ebert, Roger (1991-05-03). "Spartacus". http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910503/REVIEWS/105030304/1023. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 6. ^ Crowther, Bosley (1960-10-07). "'Spartacus' Enters the Arena:3-Hour Production Has Premiere at DeMille". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9A06E3DE1738EF32A25754C0A9669D946191D6CF. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 7. ^ "Spartacus Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1019544-spartacus/. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 8. ^ Staff (2007-05-02). "Harry's troops do a Spartacus". Ananova. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2314885.html. Retrieved 2007-05-04. [edit] External links * Spartacus at the Internet Movie Database * Spartacus at Allmovie * Spartacus at Rotten Tomatoes * Criterion Collection essay by Stephen Farber * I Am Spartacus at TV Tropes Wiki [show] v â?¢ d â?¢ e Films directed by Stanley Kubrick 1950s Flying Padre (1951) · Day of the Fight (1951) · Fear and Desire (1953) · The Seafarers (1953) · Killer's Kiss (1955) · The Killing (1956) · Paths of Glory (1957) 1960s Spartacus (1960) · Lolita (1962) · Dr. Strangelove (1964) · 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 1970s A Clockwork Orange (1971) · Barry Lyndon (1975) 1980s The Shining (1980) · Full Metal Jacket (1987) 1990s Eyes Wide Shut (1999) [show] v â?¢ d â?¢ e Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture â?? 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wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:40:50 Spartacus (2004 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Spartacus Directed by Robert Dornhelm Starring Goran Visnjic Alan Bates Angus Macfadyen Rhona Mitra Ian McNeice Ross Kemp Ben Cross Music by Randy Miller Cinematography Kees Van Oostrum Distributed by Universal Home Entertainment Release date(s) 18 April 2004 Running time 177 min Country United States Language English Spartacus is a 2004 television adaptation of the Howard Fast novel, made by USA Network Pictures and distributed by USA Cable Entertainment LLC and Universal Home Entertainment. It was directed by Robert Dornhelm and produced by Ted Kurdyla from a teleplay by Robert Schenkkan based on the novel by Howard Fast. The plot, setting, and costumes are nearly identical to those of the Stanley Kubrick 1960 version. However, this adaptation covers practically all the historical inaccuracies of the 1960 film (two of the more noticeable omissions being "I'm Spartacus!" and Spartacus' and his wife's reunion after the battle). The movie is shown as a story a woman narrates to her son, which are later revealed to be Spartacus' wife and son. A curious detail about the film is that Spartacus' son is born exactly at the moment Spartacus dies in battle. [edit] Cast * Goran Visnjic as Spartacus * Alan Bates as Antonius Agrippa * Angus Macfadyen as Marcus Crassus * Rhona Mitra as Varinia * Ian McNeice as Lentulus Batiatus * Paul Kynman as Crixus * Paul Telfer as Gannicus * James Frain as David * Henry Simmons as Draba * Ross Kemp as Cinna * Ben Cross as Titus Glabrus, based of Gaius Claudius Glaber * Niall Refoy as Publius Maximus, based on Publius Varinius * George Calil as Pompey Magnus * Richard Dillane as Julius Caesar [edit] External links * Wikiquote logo Quotations related to Spartacus (2004 film) at Wikiquote * Spartacus at the Internet Movie Database * Spartacus at Allmovie Stub icon This article related to a made-for-TV movie is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v â?¢ d â?¢ e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(2004_film)" Categories: 2004 films | Biographical films | English-language films | Epic films | Films based on actual events | Films set in ancient Rome | Films about rebels | Gladiatorial combat | Television film stubs
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:41:02 Spartacus (Fast novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Spartacus Spartacus by Howard Fast.jpg Cover of the first US hardcover edition Author Howard Fast Country United States Language English Genre(s) Historical novel Publisher Howard Fast / Blue Heron Press Publication date 1951 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 363 pp OCLC Number 144801069 Spartacus is a 1951 historical novel written by Howard Fast. It is about the historic slave revolt led by Spartacus around 71 B.C. The book inspired the 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 2004 TV adaptation by Robert Dornhelm. The novel changes between third-person omniscient past and present tenses. The novel's narrative structure is that several Roman aristocrats (Crassus, Gracchus, Caius, and Cicero) meet, in the past tense, to relate tales of the events in Spartacus's life and uprising. The tales are told in the present tense directly by the narrator, with details going far beyond the Romans' possible knowledge. The novel deviates from and extends known historical facts. The novel's central theme is that man's most basic universal values are freedom, love, hope, and finally life itself. Oppression and slavery strip these away from man until the oppressed have nothing to lose by uprising. Oppressive systems are held together by political systems. Spartacus stands as an eternal symbol of how man must fight against political systems that oppress man's values: A time would come when Rome would be torn down--not by the slaves alone, but by slaves and serfs and peasants and by free barbarians who joined with them. And so long as men labored, and other men took and used the fruit of those who labored, the name of Spartacus would be remembered, whispered sometimes and shouted loud and clear at other times. The novel was self-published in the USA by Howard Fast during the McCarthy era in 1951. He began writing it as a reaction to his imprisonment for charges stemming from his involvement in the Communist Party USA. He refused to disclose the names of contributors to a fund for a home for orphans of American veterans of the Spanish Civil War (one of the contributors was Eleanor Roosevelt), and he was imprisoned for three months in 1950 for contempt of Congress. The final page of the first edition describes some of the difficulties in its publishing: Readers who may wonder at the absence of a publisher's imprint are informed that this book was published by the author. This was made necessary when he learned that no commercial publisher, due to the political temper of the times, would undertake the publication or distribution of the book. Its publication was made possible by hundreds of people who believed in the book and bought it in advance of publication, so that the money would be forthcoming to pay for its printing. The author wishes to thank these people with all his heart. He is also most grateful to the many people who helped with the preparation of the manuscript, with the editing of it, and with the design and manufacture of the book. He hopes that for some future edition, at a time when it would not subject them to danger and reprisal, to be able to name these people and extend personal thanks to each in turn. In the 1991 paperback version (ibooks, distributed by Simon & Schuster; isbn 0-7434-1282-6), the author has a short introduction, "Spartacus and the Blacklist," which expands somewhat on the conditions surrounding the writing and publishing of the work. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(Fast_novel)" Categories: Novels dealing with slavery | 1951 novels | American novels | Novels about rebels | Novels set in Ancient Rome | Novels by Howard Fast | Novels adapted into films
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:41:14 Spartacus (Gibbon novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search See also the novel by Howard Fast. Spartacus (published 1933) is a historical novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, first published under his real name of James Leslie Mitchell. Although Gibbon is mainly known for his trilogy A Scots Quair, this is his best known full length work outside that trilogy. As its name suggests, it is an account of the great slave revolt in Ancient Rome, led by Spartacus. [edit] Plot summary The central character is not Spartacus himself, but Kleon, a fictional educated slave and eunuch who joins the revolt. (His name appears to be taken from a leader of the First Servile War.) The first chapter, an account of Kleon's early life, is a particularly powerful piece of writing. We are told how he was sold into slavery as a child and sexually abused by an owner. Its opening sentence is arguably the most dramatic in the whole of English literature. Another important character is Elpinice, a female slave who helps Spartacus and his fellow gladiators escape from Capua, and who becomes Spartacus's lover. She gives birth to a son, but while Spartacus is fighting elsewhere she is raped and murdered by soldiers, and the child is also killed. The novel touches on Gibbon's views on human history, with Spartacus seen as a survivor of the Golden Age. However, in spite of various additions and speculations, it does stick fairly closely to the known historical facts about the revolt. Plutarch's life of Crassus is clearly the main source, but it does make use of some other classical sources. [edit] External links * online copy of the novel with an introduction Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(Gibbon_novel)" Categories: Novels dealing with slavery | 1933 novels | Novels by Lewis Grassic Gibbon | Novels about rebels | Novels set in Ancient Rome Views * Article * Discussion * Edit this page * History Personal tools * Try Beta * Log in / create account Navigation * Main page * Contents * Featured content * Current events * Random article Search Interaction * About Wikipedia * Community portal * Recent changes * Contact Wikipedia * Donate to Wikipedia * Help Toolbox * What links here * Related changes * Upload file * Special pages * Printable version * Permanent link
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:41:35 Spartacus (ballet) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Spartacus Choreographed by Leonid Yakobson Composed by Aram Khachaturian Date of premiere 1956 Place of premiere Kirov Theatre, Leningrad Original ballet company Kirov Ballet Characters Crassus Spartacus Phrygia Aegina Genre Neoclassical ballet v â?¢ d â?¢ e Spartacus, or Spartak, is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978). The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War, although the ballet's storyline takes considerable liberties with the historical record. Khachaturian composed the ballet in 1954, and for this was awarded a Lenin Prize that year[1]. It was first staged, with choreography by Leonid Yakobson, in Leningrad 1956[2], but only with qualified success since Yakobson abandoned conventional pointe in his choreography[3]. The ballet received its first staging at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow in 1958, choreographed by Igor Moiseev; however it was the 1968 production, choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich, which achieved the greatest acclaim for the ballet[2]. It remains one of Khachaturian's best known works and is prominent within the repertoires of the Bolshoi Theatre and other ballet companies in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Contents [hide] * 1 Synopsis o 1.1 Act I o 1.2 Act II o 1.3 Act III * 2 Orchestral Adaptation * 3 References [edit] Synopsis Principal Characters: * Crassus, Roman consul * Spartacus, captive king of Thrace * Phrygia, wife of Spartacus * Aegina, concubine to Crassus [edit] Act I The Roman consul Crassus returns to Rome from his latest conquests in a triumphal procession. Among his captives are the Thracian king Spartacus and his wife Phrygia. Spartacus laments his captivity and bids a bitter farewell to Phrygia, who is taken off to join Crassusâ?? harem of concubines. To entertain Crassus and his entourage, Spartacus is sent into the gladiatorial ring and is forced to kill a close friend. Horrified at his deed, Spartacus incites his fellow captives to rebellion. [edit] Act II The escaped captives celebrate their freedom. Meanwhile, Crassus entertains the Roman patricians with a lavish entertainment, including fights between blindfolded gladiators. The seductive Aegina incites a sexual orgy. Spartacus and his men disrupt the orgy and rescue the slave women, including Phrygia. The insulted Aegina insists that Crassus pursue the slave army immediately. The lovers celebrate their escape to the familiar â??Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia.â?? [edit] Act III Aegina discovers Spartacusâ??s camp and observes the lovers emerging from their tent the next morning. Aegina sends word to Crassus, who sends his army in pursuit. Internecine struggles break out among Spartacusâ??s forces. Finally, Crassusâ??s forces discover Spartacus and impale him upon their spears. Spartacusâ??s closest followers recover his body and carry it off while Phrygia mourns her loss. [edit] Orchestral Adaptation Khachaturian extracted and arranged music from the ballet in 1955 for three orchestral suites: * Spartacus Suite No.1 o Introduction - Dance of the Nymphs o Adagio of Aegina and Harmodius o Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia o Scene and Dance with Crotala o Dance of the Gaditanae - Victory of Spartacus * Spartacus Suite No.2 o Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia o Entrance of the Merchants - Dance of a Roman Courtesan - o General Dance o Entrance of Spartacus - Quarrel - o Treachery of Harmodius o Dance of the Pirates * Spartacus Suite No.3 o Dance of a Greek Slave o Dance of an Egyptian Girl o Night Incident o Dance of Phrygia - Parting Scene o At the Circus Part of the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (the opening piece in Suite No. 2) was used as the opening theme for the UK television series The Onedin Line; in the film Caligula; the main love theme in the film Mayerling; and in The Hudsucker Proxy. It was also featured in the 2006 animated film Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, and again in the film's sequel, Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin won the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance competition with their free dance to the music. In 2004, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Anna Bessonova performed her bronze medal ball routine at the Athens Olympics to an excerpt of the adagio. In 1984, with words by Tony Hiller and Nicky Graham, it became a popular song, Journey's End, recorded by Andy Williams on Capitol. Portions of the ballet were performed by the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps in 1981, 1982 and again in 2008, winning the DCI World Championship in Bloomington, Indiana. [edit] References 1. ^ Victor Yuzefovich Aram Khachaturyan, p.217 - New York: Sphinx Press, 1985 2. ^ a b "Ballets: Spartacus". Virtual Museum of the Great Armenian Composer Aram Khachaturian. http://www.khachaturian.am/eng/works/ballets_2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 3. ^ Yuzefovich, p.218 Ballet portal Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(ballet)" Categories: Ballets by Aram Khachaturian | Compositions by Aram Khachaturian | Ballets by Yury Grigorovich | Ballets by Leonid Jacobson | 1956 ballet premieres | 1956 in the Soviet Union
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:41:54 Spartacus: Blood and Sand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Spartacus: Blood and Sand Spartacus; Blood and Sand 2010 Intertitle.png Spartacus: Blood and Sand's intertitle Genre Historical Drama Created by Steven S. DeKnight Starring Andy Whitfield Lucy Lawless John Hannah Peter Mensah Manu Bennett Viva Bianca Craig Parker Jai Courtney Erin Cummings Nick E. Tarabay Antonio Te Maioho Lesley-Ann Brandt Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 13 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Steven S. DeKnight Robert Tapert Sam Raimi Joshua Donen Sarah Lazarova Location(s) New Zealand Running time 50 minutes (approx.) Broadcast Original channel Starz Picture format 1080i (HDTV) Original run January 22, 2010 (2010-01-22) â?? present External links Official website Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a Starz television series that premiered on January 22, 2010. The series focuses on the historical figure of Spartacus (played by Andy Whitfield), a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S. DeKnight and Robert Tapert focused on structuring the events of Spartacus' obscure early life leading to the records of history.[1] The show has been rated TV-MA for graphic violence, strong sexual content, and coarse language. On December 22, 2009, it was announced that the show was renewed for a second season before even premiering.[2] However, on March 9, 2010, IGN.com reported that the production of Season 2 has been delayed due to star Andy Whitfield being diagnosed with early-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[3] According to the weekly New York magazine, due to the delay, Starz is developing a six-episode prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand.[4] Contents [hide] * 1 Synopsis * 2 Cast and characters o 2.1 Main cast o 2.2 Supporting cast * 3 Episode list * 4 International distribution * 5 Comics * 6 Reception * 7 Historical accuracy * 8 References * 9 External links [edit] Synopsis The story begins with an unnamed Thracianâ??s involvement in the war against the Getae in Roman auxiliary under the command of the Legatus, Claudius Glaber. Glaber, persuaded by his wife Ilithyia to seek greater glory, instead decides to confront the forces of Mithradates. The Thracian, feeling betrayed, leads a mutiny against Glaber, and returns to find his village destroyed. The Thracian and his wife Sura are captured by Glaber the next day; the Thracian is condemned to die in the arena for inciting mass desertion of the auxiliary, and Sura is condemned to slavery. The Thracian is sentenced to death, and is forced to fight four gladiators. However, he manages to kill the gladiators, and Senator Albinius commutes the prisoner's punishment to slavery. Since the prisoner's true name is unknown, Batiatus suggests to Albinius to name him "Spartacus", because he fought like the ferocious Thracian king of that name. Seeing the Thracian's skill and popularity with the crowd, Lentulus Batiatus purchases him for training in his ludus in Capua. Spartacus joins Batiatusâ?? ludus under the tutelage of Doctore, a former gladiator but fellow slave. He is befriended by Varro, a Roman who sold himself into slavery in order to pay his debts and support his family. However, he is harassed by more senior gladiators, notably Crixus, an undefeated Gaul, and Barca, a Carthaginian. Soon, Spartacus learns that Sura was sold to a Syrian slave trader. Batiatus, who has been unable to control Spartacus during his first days of training, discovers the instrument of his taming, and persuades Spartacus to fight for his and Sura's freedom. Spartacus' gladiatorial career is soaring but he is heartbroken when Sura is delivered to him mortally wounded, which is unbeknownst to him a power play by Batiatus in order to keep his loyalty. Crixus awakens from his wounds during the same fight which brought Spartacus stardom to find his status as champion of Capua stolen by Spartacus. Spartacus casts off his history as a Thracian, and forgets his dream of freedom, becoming content with life as champion. The turning point is when he is forced to kill his only friend in the ludus, Varro, when Ilithyia seduces the editor of an exhibition match in order to hurt Spartacus. While suffering from his wound in this match, he has fever dreams that lead him to discover Batiatus arranged Sura's death. Knowing that it is all or nothing when it comes to resistance of his enslavement, he resolves to "kill them all" and lead a revolt against the ruling house he once fought for. [edit] Cast and characters [edit] Main cast * Andy Whitfield as Spartacus â?? a Thracian who becomes a gladiator in the ludus of Lentulus Batiatus.[5] Producer Rob Tapert said that crew wanted an unknown actor to portray the role; while Whitfield has appeared in Australian television and film, Spartacus marked his United States debut.[6] * Erin Cummings as Sura â?? the wife of Spartacus. She is enslaved after her husband rebels against the Romans.[7] * John Hannah as Quintus Lentulus Batiatus â?? a lanista and Spartacus' master.[8] * Lucy Lawless as Lucretia â?? Batiatus' wife.[9] * Peter Mensah as Doctore/Oenomaus â?? Batiatus' trainer of gladiators.[10] * Manu Bennett as Crixus â?? a Gaul, he is Batiatus' top gladiator and the former "Champion of Capua", to whom he lost the title to Spartacus.[11] * Jai Courtney as Varro â?? a Roman citizen who sold himself to the ludus to support his family.[12] He and Spartacus form a close friendship. * Nick Tarabay as Ashur â?? a Syrian and former gladiator. His leg was crippled by Crixus in the arena so he now serves Batiatus as a bookkeeper and henchman.[13] * Antonio Te Maioha as Barca â?? nicknamed the "Beast of Carthage", he is one of Batiatus' most successful gladiators, serves as bodyguard and hit man for his master.[14] * Lesley-Ann Brandt as Naevia â?? Lucretia's personal and loyal slave and love interest of Crixus.[15] * Craig Parker as Gaius Claudius Glaber â?? a Roman army legatus who is responsible for Spartacus' enslavement as a gladiator.[16] * Viva Bianca as Ilithyia â?? the daughter of senator Albinius and wife of Glaber.[17] [edit] Supporting cast * David Austin as Medicus â?? responsible for treating the gladiators' injuries. * John Bach as Titus Calavius â?? magistrate of Capua, the father of Numerius. * Matthew Chamberlain as Ovidius â?? a business rival of Batiatus. * Eka Darville as Pietros â?? slave to Batiatus and love interest of Barca.[18] * Karl Drinkwater as Kerza â?? a fugitive who becomes a trainee gladiator. * Brooke Harmon as Licinia â?? cousin of Marcus Licinius Crassus and friend of Lucretia. * Katrina Law as Mira â?? a slave in the house of Batiatus, later a lover to Spartacus. * Mark Mitchinson as Aulus â?? a henchman who serves Batiatus. * Tania Nolan as Caecilia â?? a friend of Lucretia and Licinia. * Lliam Powell as Numerius Calavius â?? magistrate Calavius' son. * Craig Walsh-Wrightson as Marcus Decius Solonius â?? lanista of a rival ludus to that of Batiatus. * Brooke Williams as Aurelia â?? the wife of Varro. * Kevin J. Wilson as senator Albinius â?? Ilithyia's father. * Daniel Feuerriegel as Agron and Ande Cunningham as Duro â?? trainee gladiators, known as "the German Brothers". [edit] Episode list Main article: List of Spartacus: Blood and Sand episodes [edit] International distribution The series aired in Canada on TMN beginning on January 25, 2010.[19] RTL 5 announced in their January newsletter that Spartacus: Blood and Sand will come to the Netherlands in March 2010.[20] In the United Kingdom, Bravo will air it sometime in their Summer season.[21] The series is also slated to premiere in Poland in June 2010 on HBO Poland.[citation needed] Netflix is also airing the series. The episodes are released as streaming content after midnight PST before airing in the United States.[citation needed] [edit] Comics Prior to the premiere of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a 4-issue comic mini-series was produced by Devil's Due Publishing. This same comic mini-series was re-purposed into an animated comic series called Spartacus: Motion Comic and is comprised of 4 episodes that are available for purchase exclusively on the Internet. [edit] Reception The premiere episode of the series set a record for Starz, with 553,000 viewers on their network, and another 460,000 on Encore, where the show was available only that weekend.[22] Critical reception of the first episode was varied; the review aggregate website Metacritic gave the show a score of 54 out of 100.[23] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave it the grade B+, saying it "might prove to be the not-at-all-guilty pleasure of the season."[24] Barry Garron of the Hollywood Reporter suggested that with "such thin stories...it's small wonder that sex and violence are used to take up the slack."[25] Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote that John Hannah as Batiatus "keeps the show grounded with a persuasive portrait of a man engaged in a stressful daily business" and called Whitfield as Spartacus "handsome and buff and smart and beastly."[26] [edit] Historical accuracy Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (February 2010) This section is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. You can help by converting this section to prose, if appropriate. Editing help is available. (April 2010) The show opens with a disclaimer regarding the show's representation of the historical Roman society: "Spartacus depicts extreme sensuality, brutality and language that some viewers may find objectionable. The show is a historical portrayal of ancient Roman society and the intensity of the content is to suggest an authentic representation of that period." Producers Steven S. DeKnight and Robert Tapert have stated they use two historical consultants, with whom they exchanged scripts.[1] * Barca is described as being the last prisoner left alive from the fall of Carthage. However, Carthage was destroyed by Rome in 146 BC (at the end of the Third Punic War), seven decades before the time in which the series is set. * Lentulus Batiatus' praenomen is given as "Quintus". However, the praenomen of the historical Batiatus was "Gnaeus".[27] * Roman legionaries are portrayed wearing lorica segmentata. However, the first attested use of this type of armor dates to around 9 BC,[28] six decades after Spartacus' revolt. * Ilythia's father is still alive, and she is depicted as able to purchase a slave. Patria potestas meant that a son or daughter could only own property once their father had died.[29] Also, Ilythia has an allowance from her husband. Historically, the law prevented gifts from a man to his wife, including allowances. Regardless, anything in the possession of a woman with a living father would have belonged to him.[30] * In the show, husbands have the right to kill their wives. Historically, husbands had no rights at all over their wives in marriages sine manu (almost all marriages at this point in time) and lacked the right of life over death in marriages cum manu (which at this time was very rare and soon to disappear).[31] * Batiatus is depicted having an ambition to become a magistrate or a senator. Historically this would have been impossible, as lanistae (and ex-lanistae), being infames, were not permitted to serve either as magistrates or as senators.[32] * In the show 6 slaves are purchased by Batiatus for 100 denarii. The average price for a slave was 960-4000 denarii (with the cheapest known costing 75 denarii).[33] * Glaber complains that the consul Cotta is leading the war against Mithridates. While Cotta was a Roman consul around the time when the Third Mithridatic War broke out, the Senate give the command of the war to Cotta's co-consul, Lucullus. * Historically, the revolt of Spartacus began with the rebels seizing kitchen utensils and using these as weapons. * In the show, Glaber is considering running for the office of praetor when Spartacus' rebels. Historically, he was already praetor when the revolt started. * Spartacus calls himself a Thracian with obvious national pride, although that was a Greek term used for his people, and there is no evidence they used it for themselves. [34] * Although Spartacus Blood and Sand depicts Getae as clearly distinct from and enemies of "Thrace" historically Getae are Thracians [35] * Thrace is depicted as a barbarian land, although it had gone through centuries of Hellenization. [36] * The first Roman to lead forces against a Getic Tribe was Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus who won a triumph for his campaign [37], not Claudius Glaber. [edit] References 1. ^ a b Interview: Steven S. DeKnight and Robert Tapert from Spartacus: Blood And Sand 2. ^ "Cancelled Shows 2009: Spartacus gets renewed by Starz for a second season before even premiering". Series & TV. December 22, 2009. http://ser...eason-before-even-premiering/. Retrieved December 22, 2009. 3. ^ "Spartacus Halts Production Of Season 2". Series & TV. March 9, 2010. http://tv.ign.com/articles/107/1076036p1.html. Retrieved March 9, 2010. 4. ^ Brodesser-Akner, Claude (April 11, 2010), "Vulture Exclusive: Starz Developing a Spartacus: Blood and Sand Prequel", New York, http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/spartacus_prequel_starz_blood.html, retrieved April 11, 2010 5. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Spartacus". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Spartacus. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 6. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Andy Whitfield". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Spartacus/AndyWhitfield/Pages/AndyWhitfield.aspx. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 7. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Sura". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Sura. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 8. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Batiatus". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Batiatus. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 9. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Lucretia". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Lucretia. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 10. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Doctore". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Doctore. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 11. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Crixus". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Crixus. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 12. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Varro". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Varro. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 13. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Ashur". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Ashur. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 14. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Barca". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Barca. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 15. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Naevia". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Naevia. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 16. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Glaber". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Glaber. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 17. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Characters: Ilithyia". Starz. http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Ilithyia. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). 18. ^ Provenzano, Jim (February 25, 2010). "The gay gladiator". Bay Area Reporter. http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=television&article=134. Retrieved March 3, 2010. 19. ^ "Spartacus: Blood And Sand â?? Schedule | The Movie Network". The Movie Network. http://www.themovienetwork.ca/series/spartacus/schedule. Retrieved January 24, 2010 (2010-01-24). 20. ^ "Programmering en Sales Promoties [Programming and Sales Promotions]" (in Dutch). http://www.rtl.nl/service/rtlnederland/nieuwsbrief/programmering4578/nieuwsbrief.xml. Retrieved January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23). "RTL 5 ends the week with a double episode of the spectacular new series Spartacus: Blood & Sand." 21. ^ "Spartacus fights his way to UK pay-TV". Press release. 2010-03-08. http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=54511. Retrieved 2010-03-08. 22. ^ http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/01/spartacus-premiere-ratings-starz-/comments/ 23. ^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/spartacusbloodandsand. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 24. ^ Tucker, Ken (January 20, 2010). "Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010)". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20337914,00.html. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 25. ^ Garron, Barry (January 21, 2010). "Spartacus: Blood and Sand -- TV Review". Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/tv-reviews/spartacus-blood-and-sand-tv-review-1004060949.story. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 26. ^ Lloyd, Robert (January 22, 2010). "Review: 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' on Starz". Lost Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/22/entertainment/la-et-spartacus22-2010jan22. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 27. ^ McGushin, Patrick (1991). Sallust: The Histories. p. 113. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nDywHFWbTrwC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=%22Cn.+Lentulus+Batiatus%22&source=bl&ots=Tg_Z7Ekl3I&sig=nb8n39yyZ0X1kjn8L-DcbGEuFnA&hl=en&ei=SsaMS7PTChttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spartacus:_Blood_and_Sand&action=edit§ion=9Yb80wSYxNDNCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Cn.%20Lentulus%20Batiatus%22&f=false. Retrieved February 3, 2010 (2010-02-03). 28. ^ M.C. Bishop (2002) Lorica Segmentata Volume I: A Handbook of Articulated Roman Plate Armour p.23 http://www.scribd.com/doc/3961788/Lorica-Segmentata-Volume-I-A-Handbook-of-Articulated-Roman-Plate-Armour 29. ^ Fier and McGinn, A Casebook on Roman Family Law, pg. 240, Owning and Possessing Nothing 30. ^ Fier and McGinn, A Casebook on Roman Family Law, pg. 130, No Gifts 31. ^ Fier and McGinn, A Casebook on Roman Family Law, pg. 95, Relations between Spouses 32. ^ http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/lanista.html 33. ^ Harris, W.V (1980) Towards a study of the Roman slave trade. Memoirs of the American Academy at Rome 36: 136 n.46 34. ^ The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC by John Boardman, I. E. S. Edwards, E. Sollberger, and N. G. L. Hammond ,ISBN 0521227178,1992,page 597: "We have no way of knowing what the Thracians called themselves and if indeed they had a common name...Thus the name of Thracians and that of their country were given by the Greeks to a group of tribes occupying the territory..." 35. ^ Herodotus. Histories, 4.93 36. ^ The Peloponnesian War: A Military Study (Warfare and History) by J. F. Lazenby,2003,page 224,"... number of strongholds, and he made himself useful fighting `the Thracians without a king' on behalf of the more Hellenized Thracian kings and their Greek neighbours (Nepos, Alc. ... ^ Thracian Kings, University of Michigan 37. ^ Sall. Hist. 4.18 M.; J. Harmatta, Studies in the History and Language of the Sarmatians: http://www.kroraina.com/sarm/jh/jh1_6.html [edit] External links * Official website * Spartacus Blood And Sand * Spartacus: Blood and Sand at TV.com * Spartacus: Blood and Sand at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus:_Blood_and_Sand" Categories: 2010 American television series debuts | 2010s American television series | Gladiatorial combat | Serial drama television series | Television dramas set in ancient Rome
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:42:16 Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008) Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea The Inquisitors.jpg The Inquisitors of the Living Crystal from episodes 2 and 28. Format Animated Series Science fiction Created by Nina Wolmark Country of origin France No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 52 Production Running time 20-26 minutes Broadcast Original channel Antenne 2 Original run September 17, 1985 â?? 1987 Note: In some cases the names of characters, places, and things were changed for the English version. The original name appears in parentheses. Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea is the English title of the French animated series Les Mondes Engloutis ("The Engulfed Worlds", also known as Shagma and Arkadia in other languages) created by Nina Wolmark. The series consists of 52 episodes, each between 20 and 25 minutes in length, divided into two 26-episode seasons. Contents [hide] * 1 Synopsis * 2 Characters o 2.1 Main characters o 2.2 Recurring characters o 2.3 Minor characters * 3 Miscellaneous information o 3.1 Releases outside of television * 4 Versions o 4.1 Name changes * 5 List of episodes o 5.1 Season 1 o 5.2 Season 2 * 6 External links [edit] Synopsis The lost city of Arkadia (named for Arcadia) resembles a small Alderson Disk, and is home to an ancient civilization which escaped a Great Cataclysm by relocating deep within the Earth's crust. Unaware that life continued on the Earth's surface, and hoping to keep their people safe, the elders sealed all records of their past in the city's Archives. Arkadia survives by the light of an artificial sun, the Tehra (Shagma), which is dying. A group of Arkadian children defy the law and enter the Archives. With information about the world above, they create a messenger, Arkana, and send her above to find help. Arkana encounters two children from the surface, Matt (Bob) and his sister Rebecca, and brings them back through the underground strata to save Arkadia. They travel in a living spaceship called Tehrig (ShagShag), along with Spartakus (a wanderer) and Bic and Bac (a pair of pangolin-like creatures), Arkadia's mascots. [edit] Characters [edit] Main characters Arkana : The Arkadian children created her out of stone with the help of the Tehra's rainbow light. As she was made in the image of the surface dwellers, having legs, unlike the Arkadians themselves. She is a well-meaning but naïve magician, capable of telekinetic feats and projecting illusions. Her mission is to seek help from above in repairing the Tehra. She is referred to by the show's villains as the "supergeophysical gal." Bic and Bac : Among the oldest living things in Arkadia, these two happy little animals are the best of friends, and enjoy dancing to their song, the "Flashbick." They are a kind of pangolin anteater, but unlike their real-life relatives, they have no scales or claws. They are affectionate, clever and playful, and can make fire by rubbing their noses together. Matt and Rebecca : Brother and sister, these children from above ground join Arkana and Spartakus on their quest to save Arkadia. Matt (Bob) is the older of the two, and tries to protect his overeager sister, whom he affectionately calls "half-pint." Spartakus : Formerly a gladiator in the city of Barkar, this young man escaped slavery following a revolt. His gauntlet conceals a magic crossbow and grappling hook, and can cause reactions when in close proximity to Arkadian artifacts. He remembers very little about his past, but often hums the songs his father taught him. His character is based on the historical Spartacus. Tehrig : The only creature allowed free access to the Archives was Tehrig (ShagShag), an intelligent robotic vehicle vaguely shaped like a giant trilobite. It secretly helped the children of Arkadia gain entry to the records and serves Arkana and her friends as a transport. Though its computer brain dates back to before the Great Cataclysm and possesses an encyclopedic database, there are large holes in its memory. It also contains a number of tiny robots called Triggies (Shaggies) that it can mobilize to distract enemies or repair itself. The Pirates of the Seas : Members of the Interstrata Marine Pirate Federation, these "punk pirates" roam the strata seeking helpless voyagers to rob or enslave, and they frequently show up to menace the show's heroes. Their appearance is marked by a recurring theme song and dance performance. Their society is structured in the guise of a democracy controlled through mass media. * Nasty Max (Maxagaze pun with "Masque à gaz" (gas mask)) has a large blue mohawk and leads the vicious band. * Mighty Matt (Mattymatte), a simple-minded pirate with a small red mohawk, is Max's sidekick. * Massmedia is Max's girlfriend and broadcasts station FIPIRATE from her radio craft. Her mohawk is blonde. * Sleazeappeal (Seskapil pun with "sex appeal"), a sophisticated pirate with a green mohawk. [edit] Recurring characters Brigands of the Fjords : The Pirates of the Seas' rivals throughout the series. The only identified member is their leader, Ringmar, who frequently competes with Nasty Max for leadership of the nested worlds' rogues. Shagmir and Loria Are the two of Arkadias elders. Arkana was presented to them and sent on her quest to the surface world. They tended to not believe the existence of any life on the surface. The Inquisitors of the Living Crystal This three-person tribunal of blue-skinned judges is first seen in the second episode of the first season, "Le cristal vivant" (The Living Crystal). They try to make Galileo renounce his claims of a world beyond the Living Crystal. They have the group captured and psychologically tested to convince them that they are beings who were caught in the Living Crystal and are suffering "a deformation of time". They are even prepared to re-crystallize Tehrig if Galileo does not renounce his beliefs. They are seen again in the second episode of the second season, "L'échiquier des mondes" ("The Most Dangerous Game"). [edit] Minor characters Emperor Qin The ruler of a Chinese-like empire within the strata. He marched out to conquer Arkadia. He was eventually killed amongst his army of clay robot-like warriors. Galileo A strata version of the real-world Galileo; he lives in the Living Crystal. When he discovers the group imprisoned in a crystallized Tehrig, he breaks them free. Their their existence proves the prohibited theory that there is life outside of the living crystal. After being forced to deny the truth, he was allowed to leave with the group, but at the last moment returned back home. Gog and Magog two monstrous creatures sharing the same body. They are unintentionally released to rage havoc by Arkadia, who is misled by the Phoenix into using her powers. In the end they are both forced back to their own world. Demosthenes A famous spokesman, kidnapped by Nasty Max in order to help him learn the art of speaking and thus win election as leader of the Interstrata Pirate Federation. He was banished from his country because he did not have the walls repaired. The Mogokhs A nomadic warrior people who oppress and steal from others. They are notable for their invincibility. They never get down from their mounts for fear of being trampled to death. In the finale their leader, Baatu, is revealed to be Spartakus's father. Méo and Myra A grandfather and his granddaughter who live in a village pillaged by the Mogokhs. They seek aid from the group, who help them overcome the Mogokhs. Starkus A scientist and Star Healer on board a space ship, he investigates and tries to "cure stars". He met with Rebecca and Matt (Bob) and welcomed them. Upon hearing that they were accompanied by Spartakus and Arkana, he immediately disappears. Later, when the group returns to their own time and place (in the episode "Star Healer"), he contacts them via Tehrig (Shagshag) and informs the surprised Arkana and Spartakus that they are his ancestors. Thot A strange creature that lives in the ancient ruins of a long-destroyed city. He kidnaps Arkana, but without intending to hurt her. He is shot by Spartakus when he tries to protect Arkana, but is only slightly wounded. Rainbow Spartakus's younger brother, he grew up in luxury as the adopted son of the Lanista (trainer of gladiators) of Barkar. Unlike his brother, Rainbow is cruel and nihilistic. After the Lanista was overthrown, Rainbow began to wander the nested worlds. [edit] Miscellaneous information [edit] Releases outside of television * The show's popularity in France led to the songs being released on several records in the 1980s. * In France, a set of DVDs was released of the programme around 2000. [edit] Versions The English version aired on the American cable television network Nickelodeon from 1985 to 1987 and in reruns on early Sunday mornings through 1990. In the United Kingdom, the Cartoon Network broadcast the series. It also aired on YTV in Canada around 1989. The Menudo closing song was never used for this version. The show also had the following versions: * A Hungarian translation (Az elsüllyedt világok, "The Submerged Worlds"). It originally aired on Magyar Televízió in 1990, and was rebroadcast in 2005 on the children's television channel Minimax. * A Czech translation (Spartakus a podmoÅ?ská slunce) of the first season. * A Japanese translation (Onigiri Arkadia Monogatari, ã??ã?«ã??ã??ã?»ã?¢ã?«ã?«ã??ã?£ã?¢ç?©èª?). * A Korean translation (title unknown). * A Latin-American Spanish translation (Espartaco y el Sol Bajo el Mar). * A Spanish translation (Los Mundos Sumergidos, reaired as Shagma 2000). * A Turkish translation (Kayıp Dünyalar, "Lost Worlds"). * A Greek translation (Σάγκμα, "Shagma"). * A Romanian translation (Spartacus Å?i soarele de dincolo de mÄ?ri), premiered in 2005 on the Romanian Minimax, simultaneously with the Hungarian re-runs. Until January 2010, only the first season was dubbed. * A Polish translation (Szagma i zaginione Å?wiaty, "Shagma and the lost worlds"). * An Italian translation (I mondi sommersi). [edit] Name changes * Since the names of the pirates were all based on puns, these were changed in every version to names that fit the languages to which they were translated. * The English version had a large number of name changes. Since the word shag found in most of the characters and terms associated with Arkadia (eg. Shagshag, Shagmir, the Shagma, etc.) has a meaning in British slang of sexual intercourse, new names were invented for these. For similar reasons, the pirate Seskapil had his name changed to Sleazeappeal. * In the English version, Rebecca's brother Bob was renamed to Matt. The reason behind this change is unknown. * The songs were translated and re-sung by the voice actors in each version. * In the U.S. and Latin-American versions, a new theme song was featured in the second season. The new song was performed by the boy band Menudo in English for the U.S. version and in Spanish for the Latin-American version. * Cypriot singer Anna Vissi performed the theme song of the Greek version. * When the Hungarian version was rebroadcast on television in 2005, Minimax used the original dub from the archives of Magyar Televízió. As of January 9, 2010, this same channel premiered the second season, dubbed in 2009. While the first season was translated from the original French, the second season uses English titles and source script, which produced certain changes in translations of certain names of characters and concepts from the show. [edit] List of episodes [edit] Season 1 1. The City of Arkadia 2. Living Crystal 3. Between Two Worlds 4. Arkana and the Beast 5. The Pirate Klub 6. The Law of the Mogokhs 7. Night of the Amazons 8. The Capture of Demosthenes 9. Tada and the Royal Insignia 10. The Icy Web 11. The Pirate Convention 12. Out of Control 13. Children...and Mice 14. The Gladiators of Barkar 15. The Emperor Quin and the Eighth Kingdom 16. The Dark Hole 17. The Drummer 18. Rebecca, Pirate of the Sea 19. Star Healer 20. The Prisoners of Lost Time 21. Emergency Landing 22. The Court of Miracles 23. Interstratas War 24. The Defeat of Gog and Magog 25. Dr. Test 26. The Secret of the Auracite [edit] Season 2 1. Prophecy of the Auracite 2. The Most Dangerous Game 3. Cyrano 4. The Tightrope 5. The Twisted Rainbow 6. High-Risk Highrise 7. The Boy Pharaoh 8. The Floating Casino 9. Prince Matt 10. The Land of the Chameleons 11. The Token of the Manitou 12. The Master of the Tongues 13. The Land of the Great Spider 14. The Ransom of Peace 15. The Triangle of the Deep 16. Uncle Albert 17. Tehrig's Nightmare 18. Rainbow's End 19. Holiday Fever 20. Dodo 21. The Shadow of the Tehra 22. The Temple of the Condor 23. Mama Thot 24. Gateway to Dawn 25. The Path of Light 26. The Return of the Prisoners of the Lost Time [edit] External links * Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea at the Internet Movie Database * Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea at TV.com * The Lost Archives of Arkadia [hide] v â?¢ d â?¢ e Nickelodeon's 1980s animated programs Bananaman · DangerMouse · Belle and Sebastian · Star Trek: The Animated Series · The Adventures of the Little Prince · The Smurfs · Mysterious Cities of Gold · Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors · Most Wanted Yogi Bear on Nickelodeon · Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea · Ulysses 31 · Adventures of the Little Koala · Heathcliff · Jim Henson's Muppet Babies · Inspector Gadget · Maple Town · Count Duckula · The Alvin Show on Nickelodeon · Beetlejuice · Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics · Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon · Noozles · The World of David the Gnome Retrieved from "http://en....d_the_Sun_Beneath_the_Sea" Categories: French animated television series | Nickelodeon shows
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:42:31 Spartacus (Triumvirat album) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Spartacus Studio album by Triumvirat Released 1975 Recorded February and March, 1975 Genre Progressive rock Length 42:31 Label Capitol Professional reviews * Allmusic 4/5 stars [1] Triumvirat chronology Illusions on a Double Dimple (1974) Spartacus (1975) Old Loves Die Hard (1976) Spartacus is an album by the German group Triumvirat. Spartacus is a concept album based on the Roman gladiator who led the 3rd slave uprising in 73â??71 BC. The lyrics were written by Hans Bathelt, with contributions by Jürgen Fritz. It was originally released in 1975 on the EMI label, and later distributed in the U.S. by Capitol. It debuted at number 27[1] on the Billboard album charts. After this album, Helmut Köllen left the band to start a solo career. Two years later, he died of carbon monoxide poisoning when he was in his car, in the garage, listening to his own compositions on the car's cassette player. The album was digitally re-mastered and released in CD form in 2002 by EMI. The re-mastered version included two additional tracks: a live version of "The Capital of Power" and a previously unreleased song called "Showstopper". [edit] Track listing 1. "The Capital of Power" (Fritz) - 3:13 2. "The School of Instant Pain" - 6:22 * "Proclamation" (Fritz, Bathelt) * "The Gladiator's Song" (Fritz, Bathelt) * "Roman Entertainment" (Fritz, Bathelt) * "The Battle" (Fritz, Bathelt) 3. "The Walls of Doom" (Fritz) - 3:57 4. "The Deadly Dream of Freedom" (Köllen, Bathelt) - 3:54 5. "The Hazy Shades of Dawn" (Fritz) - 3:09 6. "The Burning Sword of Capua" (Fritz) - 2:41 7. "The Sweetest Sound of Liberty" (Köllen, Bathelt) - 2:35 8. "The March to the Eternal City" - 8:46 * "Dusty Road" (Fritz, Bathelt) * "Italian Improvisation" (Fritz, Bathelt) * "First Success" (Fritz, Bathelt) 9. "Spartacus" - 7:39 * "The Superior Force of Rome" (Fritz, Bathelt) * "A Broken Dream" (Fritz) * "The Finale" (Fritz) 10. "The Capital of Power (live)" (Fritz) - 3:17 11. "Showstopper" (Bathelt) - 3:37 [edit] Personnel * Hans Bathelt â?? drums, percussion * Jürgen Fritz â?? piano, organ, synthesizers * Helmut Köllen â?? bass, acoustic guitars, vocals [edit] References 1. ^ "Triumvirat charts & awards". allmusic.com. http://www...MVIRAT&sql=11:wifoxqr5ldse~T5. Retrieved 5th September 2009. [hide] v â?¢ d â?¢ e Triumvirat Hans Bathelt · Jürgen Fritz · Helmut Köllen Barry Palmer · Werner "Dick" Fragenberg · Hans Pape · Dieter Petereit · Curt Cress · David Hanselmann · Mattias Holtmann · Werner Kopal · Arno Steffen Studio albums Mediterranean Tales · Illusions on a Double Dimple · Spartacus · Old Loves Die Hard · Pompeii · A la Carte · Russian Roulette Singles/EPs Take a Break Today/The Capitol of Power Stub icon This progressive rock album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v â?¢ d â?¢ e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(Triumvirat_album)" Categories: 1975 albums | 2002 albums | Concept albums | Triumvirat albums | Progressive rock album stubs
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:42:59 Spartacus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Spartacus (disambiguation). Spartacus by Denis Foyatier, 1830 Spartacus (Greek: ΣÏ?άÏ?Ï?ακοÏ?; Latin: Spartacus[1]) (c. 109â??71 BC) was the most notable leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable. Spartacus' struggle, often seen as oppressed people fighting for their freedom against a slave-owning aristocracy, has found new meaning for modern writers since the 19th century. The rebellion of Spartacus has proven inspirational to many modern literary and political writers, making Spartacus a folk hero among cultures both ancient and modern. Contents [hide] * 1 Life o 1.1 Origins o 1.2 Enslavement and escape o 1.3 Third Servile War o 1.4 Objectives * 2 Modern references o 2.1 Politics o 2.2 Artistic + 2.2.1 Film and television + 2.2.2 Literature + 2.2.3 Music o 2.3 Games o 2.4 Radio o 2.5 Sports o 2.6 Places * 3 References * 4 Bibliography o 4.1 Classical authors o 4.2 Modern historiography * 5 External links [edit] Life [edit] Origins Thracian tribes, including the Maedi. The ancient sources agree that Spartacus was a Thracian. Plutarch describes him as "a Thracian of Nomadic stock," but "more Hellenic than Thracian" when referring to his character.[2] Appian says he was "a Thracian by birth, who had once served as a soldier with the Romans, but had since been a prisoner and sold for a Gladiator".[3] Florus (2.8.8) described him as one "who from Thracian mercenary, had become a Roman soldier, of a soldier a deserter and robber, and afterwards, from consideration of his strength, a gladiator".[4] Some authors refer to the Thracian tribe of the Maedi,[5] which in historic times occupied the area on the southwestern fringes of Thrace (present-day north-eastern Greece, south-western Bulgaria).[6] Plutarch also writes that Spartacus's wife, a prophetess of the same tribe, was enslaved with him. The name Spartacus is otherwise attested in the Black Sea region: kings of the Thracian dynasty of the Cimmerian Bosporus[7] and Pontus[8] are known to have borne it, and a Thracian "Spardacus"[9] or "Sparadokos",[10] father of Seuthes I of the Odrysae, is also known. [edit] Enslavement and escape The Roman Republic at 100 BC According to the differing sources and their interpretation, Spartacus either was an auxiliary from the Roman legions later condemned to slavery, or a captive taken by the legions.[11] Spartacus was trained at the gladiatorial school (ludus) near Capua, belonging to Lentulus Batiatus. In 73 BC, Spartacus was among a group of gladiators plotting an escape. The plot was betrayed but about 70 men seized kitchen implements, fought their way free from the school, and seized several wagons of gladiatorial weapons and armor.[12] The escaped slaves defeated a small force sent after them, plundered the region surrounding Capua, recruited many other slaves into their ranks, and eventually retired to a more defensible position on Mount Vesuvius.[13][14] Once free, the escaped gladiators chose Spartacus and two Gallic slaves â?? Crixus and Oenomaus â?? as their leaders. Though Roman authors assume that the slaves were a homogeneous group with Spartacus as their leader, this may be the Romans projecting their own hierarchical view of military leadership on the spontaneous organization of the slaves, reducing other slave leaders to subordinate positions in their accounts. The positions of Crixus and Oenomaus â?? and later, Castus â?? cannot be clearly determined from the sources. [edit] Third Servile War For more details on this topic, see Third Servile War. The response of the Roman authorities was hampered by the absence of the Roman legions, which were already engaged in fighting a revolt in Spain and the Third Mithridatic War. Furthermore, the Romans considered the rebellion more a policing matter rather than a war. Rome dispatched militia under a praetor, which besieged the slaves on the mountain, hoping that starvation would force the slaves to surrender but were surprised when Spartacus had ropes made from vines and with his men, climbed down a cliff on the other side of the volcano, and attacked the unfortified Roman camp in the rear, killing most of them.[15] The slaves also defeated a second praetorian expedition, nearly capturing the praetor, killing his lieutenants and seizing the military equipment.[16] With these successes, more and more slaves flocked to the Spartacan forces, as did â??many of the herdsmen and shepherds of the regionâ??, swelling their ranks to some 70,000.[17] In these altercations, Spartacus and matt del's military experience, proved to be an excellent tactician. Though the slaves lacked military training, they displayed ingenuity in their use of available local materials, and in their use of clever, unusual tactics when facing the disciplined Roman armies.[18] They spent the winter of 73â??72 BC training, arming and equipping their new recruits, and expanding their raiding territory to include the towns of Nola, Nuceria, Thurii and Metapontum.[19] The distance between these locations and the subsequent events indicate that the slaves operated in two groups commanded by the remaining leaders Spartacus and Crixus. In spring of 72 BC, the slaves left their winter encampments and began to move northwards. At the same time, the Roman Senate, alarmed by the defeat of the praetorian forces, dispatched a pair of consular legions under the command of Lucius Gellius Publicola and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus.[20] The two legions were initially successful â?? defeating a group of 30,000 slaves commanded by Crixus near Mount Garganus.[21] â?? but then were defeated by Spartacus. These defeats are depicted in divergent ways by the two most comprehensive (extant) histories of the war by Appian and Plutarch.[22][23][24][25] Alarmed by the apparently unstoppable rebellion, the Senate charged Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome and the only volunteer for the position, with ending the rebellion. Crassus was put in charge of eight legions, approximately 40,000â??50,000 trained Roman soldiers[26][27], which he treated with harsh, even brutal, discipline, reviving the punishment of unit decimation within his army.[28] Crassus engaged Spartacus in a running battle forcing him farther south through Lucania as Crassus gained the upper hand. By the end of 72 BC, Spartacus was encamped in Rhegium (Reggio Calabria), near the Strait of Messina. When Spartacus and his followers, who for unclear reasons had retreated to the south of Italy, moved northwards again in early 71 BC, Crassus deployed six of his legions on the borders of the region and detached his legate Mummius with two legions to maneuver behind Spartacus. Though ordered not to engage the slaves, Mummius attacked at a seemingly opportune moment but was routed.[29] After this, Crassus' legions were victorious in several engagements, killing thousands of the rebel slaves, and forcing Spartacus to retreat south through Lucania to the straits near Messina. According to Plutarch, Spartacus made a bargain with Cilician pirates to transport him and some 2,000 of his men to Sicily, where he intended to incite a slave revolt and gather reinforcements. However, he was betrayed by the pirates, who took payment and then abandoned the rebel slaves.[29] Minor sources mention that there were some attempts at raft and shipbuilding by the rebels as a means to escape, but that Crassus took unspecified measures to ensure the rebels could not cross to Sicily, and their efforts were abandoned.[30] Spartacus' forces then retreated towards Rhegium. Crassus' legions followed and upon arrival built fortifications across the isthmus at Rhegium, despite harassing raids from the rebel slaves. The rebels were under siege and cut off from their supplies.[31] The Fall of Spartacus. At this time, the legions of Pompey returned from Spain and were ordered by the Senate to head south to aid Crassus.[32] While Crassus feared that Pompey's arrival would cost him the credit, Spartacus unsuccessfully tried to reach an agreement with Crassus.[33] When Crassus refused, a portion of Spartacus' forces fled toward the mountains west of Petelia (modern Strongoli) in Bruttium, with Crassus' legions in pursuit.[34] When the legions managed to catch a portion of the rebels separated from the main army,[35] discipline among Spartacus's forces broke down as small groups were independently attacking the oncoming legions.[36] Spartacus now turned his forces around and brought his entire strength to bear on the legions in a last stand, in which the slaves were routed completely, with the vast majority of them being killed on the battlefield.[37] The eventual fate of Spartacus himself is unknown, as his body was never found, but he is accounted by historians to have perished in battle along with his men.[38] [edit] Objectives Classical historians were divided as to what the motives of Spartacus were. While Plutarch writes that Spartacus merely wished to escape northwards into Cisalpine Gaul and disperse his men back to their homes,[39] Appian and Florus write that he intended to march on Rome itself.[40] Appian also states that he later abandoned that goal, which might have been no more than a reflection of Roman fears. None of Spartacus' actions suggest that he aimed at reforming Roman society or abolishing slavery, as is sometimes depicted in fictional accounts, such as Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film Spartacus. Based on the events in late 73 BC and early 72 BC, which suggest independently operating groups of slaves[41] and a statement by Plutarch that some of the escaped slaves preferred to plunder Italy, rather than escape over the Alps,[39] modern authors have deduced a factional split between those under Spartacus, who wished to escape over the Alps to freedom, and those under Crixus, who wished to stay in southern Italy to continue raiding and plundering. [edit] Modern references [edit] Politics * Toussaint L'Ouverture and his successor Jean-Jacques Dessalines led the slave rebellion of the Haitian Revolution (1791â??1804), Toussaint was called the "Black Spartacus" by one of his defeated opponents, the Comte de Lavaux. * Founder of the Bavarian Illuminati, Adam Weishaupt, often referred to himself as Spartacus within written correspondences.[citation needed] * Karl Marx listed Spartacus as one of his heroes,[42] and described him as "the most splendid fellow in the whole of ancient history" and "[a] great general ([though] no Garibaldi), noble character, real representative of the ancient proletariat."[43] * Spartacus has been a great inspiration to revolutionaries in modern times, most notably the German Spartacist League, a forerunner of the Communist Party of Germany, as well as an Austrian anti-fascist organisation in the 1970s. * European communist regimes in the twentieth century encouraged the image of Spartacus as a fighter against oppression (see "Sports",[2] below). * Noted Latin American Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was also a strong admirer of Spartacus. [edit] Artistic [edit] Film and television * Most famously, the Stanley Kubrick directed film Spartacus (1960) of Howard Fast's novel, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo.(Note: The film was produced by Kirk Douglas. Douglas fired the original director Anthony Mann and replaced him with Stanley Kubrick). The phrase "I am Spartacus!" from this film has been referenced in a number of other films, television programs, and commercials. * An unofficial sequel to Kubrick's film was made in Italy under the title Il Figlio di Spartacus (The Son of Spartacus) in 1963. The titular character (performed by Steve Reeves), first appearing as a Roman centurion, eventually learns of his true identity and takes revenge against Crassus, the murderer of his father. * The title character of the 1985â??1987 cartoon series Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea is loosely based on Spartacus. * In the 1995 film Clueless, Christian uses Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of the film as part of a subtle campaign to reveal his homosexuality. * In the 1996 film "That Thing You Do", Tom Everett Scott's character Guy 'Shades' Patterson refers to himself as Spartacus. * In 2004, Fast's novel was adapted as Spartacus, a made-for-TV movie, by the USA Network, with Goran ViÅ¡njiÄ? in the main role. * One episode of 2007-2008 BBC's docudrama Heroes and Villains features Spartacus. * The television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, produced by Sam Raimi and starring Andy Whitfield in the title role, premièred on the Starz premium cable network in January 2010. [44][45] [edit] Literature * Howard Fast wrote the historical novel Spartacus, the basis of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. * Arthur Koestler wrote a novel about Spartacus called The Gladiators. * The Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon wrote a novel Spartacus. * Spartacus is a prominent character in the novel Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough. * The Italian writer Rafaello Giovagnoli wrote his historical novel, Spartacus, in 1874. His novel has been subsequently translated and published in many European countries. * There is also a novel Uczniowie Spartakusa (The Students of Spartacus) by the Polish writer Halina Rudnicka. * The Reverend Elijah Kellogg's Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua has been used effectively by schoolboys to practice their oratory skills for ages. * Spartacus also appears in Conn Iggulden's 'Emperor' series in the book The Death of Kings. * Spartacus and His Glorious Gladiators, by Toby Brown, is part of the Dead Famous series of children's history books. * In the Bolo novel Bolo Rising by William H. Keith, the character HCT "Hector" is based on Spartacus. * In the novel Flip by David Lubar, one of the legends Ryan becomes is Spartacus, specifically when he is challenged to a fight by the school bully. * Amal Donkol, the Egyptian modern poet wrote his masterpiece "The Last Words of Spartacus". * Steven Saylor's novel Arms of Nemesis, part of his Roma Sub Rosa series, is set during the Third Servile War. * Max Gallo wrote the novel "Les Romains.Spartacus.La Revolte des Esclaves", Librairie Artheme Fayard, 2006. * In 2010 Peter Stothard combined an account of Spartacus' uprising with elements of autobiography, in his memoir On the Spartacus Road. [edit] Music * Spartacus is a ballet, with a score by composer Aram Khachaturian. * Australian composer Carl Vine wrote a short piano piece entitled "Spartacus", from Red Blues. * The German group Triumvirat released the album Spartacus in 1975. * Jeff Wayne released his musical retelling, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus in 1992. * Phantom Regiment, a World Class (formerly Division 1) drum corps of Drum Corps International, performed a show entitled Spartacus depicting the show through music and visual movement for their competitive field show in 1981, 1982, and 2008. Their 2008 program won World Championship Finals. * "Love Theme From Spartacus" Swing of Delight Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, 1980 * American hardcore band, The Fall of Troy, wrote a song entitled "Spartacus". [edit] Games * The board game Heroscape features Spartacus as one of the game pieces. [edit] Radio * In "The Histories of Pliny the Elder" â?? a 1957 episode of the British radio comedy The Goon Show parodying epic films â?? Spartacus is used as a pseudonym for Bloodnok after he has an affair with Caesar's wife and has to escape from Caesar; "You know that saying, 'Caesar's wife is above suspicion'? Well I put an end to all that rubbish!". [edit] Sports * Numerous Bulgarian football clubs bear the name of Spartacus: the most popular are PFC Spartak Varna, FC Spartak Plovdiv and PFC Spartak Pleven. * Russian sports clubs named FC Spartak, of which FC Spartak Moscow is the most well-known, and Spartak sport society are named in honor of Spartacus.[46] * The Spartakiad was a Soviet bloc version of the Olympic games.[47] This name was also used for the mass gymnastics exhibition held every five years in Czechoslovakia. * Swiss professional Cyclist Fabian Cancellara has been given the nickname Spartacus. * Spartacus 7s is the name of an international rugby sevens team created in 2006. * The Ottawa Senators mascot is a lion named Spartacat, a play on Spartacus since the team logo is a Roman Centurion. * The University of Tampa Spartan's mascot is named Spartacus. [edit] Places * Spartacus Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. [edit] References 1. ^ M. Tullius Cicero, 2. ^ Plutarch, Crassus 8 3. ^ Appian, Civil Wars 1.116 4. ^ Florus, Epitome of Roman History 2.8 5. ^ The Histories, Sallust, Patrick McGushin, Oxford University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-19-872143-9, p. 112. 6. ^ Balkan history, Thracian tribes, Maedi. 7. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library Book 12 8. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library Book 16 9. ^ Theucidides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.101 10. ^ Tribes, Dynasts and Kingdoms of Northern Greece: History and Numismatics 11. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:116; Plutarch, Crassus, 8:2. Note: Spartacus' status as an auxilia is taken from the Loeb edition of Appian translated by Horace White, which states â??â?¦who had once served as a soldier with the Romansâ?¦â??. However, the translation by John Carter in the Penguin Classics version reads: â??â?¦who had once fought against the Romans and after being taken prisoner and soldâ?¦â??. 12. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 8:1â??2; Appian, Civil Wars, 1:116; Livy, Periochae, 95:2; Florus, Epitome, 2.8. Plutarch claims 78 escaped, Livy claims 74, Appian â??about seventyâ??, and Florus says â??thirty or rather more menâ??. â??Choppers and spitsâ?? is from Life of Crassus. 13. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 9:1. 14. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:116; Florus, Epitome, 2.8. 15. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 9:1â??3; Frontinus, Stratagems, Book I, 5:20â??22; Appian, Civil Wars, 1:116; Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic, p. 109. 16. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 9:4â??5; Livy, Periochae , 95; Appian, Civil Wars, 1:116; Sallust, Histories, 3:64â??67. 17. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 9:3; Appian, Civil War, 1:116. 18. ^ Frontinus, Stratagems, Book I, 5:20â??22 and Book VII:6. 19. ^ Florus, Epitome, 2.8. 20. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:116â??117; Plutarch, Crassus 9:6; Sallust, Histories, 3:64â??67. 21. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:117; Plutarch, Crassus 9:7; Livy, Periochae 96. 22. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:117. 23. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 9:7. 24. ^ Spartacus and the Slave Rebellion 25. ^ Shaw, Brent D. (2001). Spartacus and the slave wars: a brief history with documents. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0312237030. 26. ^ Plutarch, Crassus 10:1. 27. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:118; Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, "Exercitus", p.494. 28. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:118. 29. ^ a b Plutarch, Crassus, 10:1â??3. 30. ^ Florus, Epitome, 2.8; Cicero, Orations, "For Quintius, Sextus Roscius...", 5.2 31. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 10:4â??5. 32. ^ Contrast Plutarch, Crassus, 11:2 with Appian, Civil Wars, 1:119. 33. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:120. 34. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:120; Plutarch, Crassus, 10:6. 35. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 11:3; Livy, Periochae, 97:1. Bradley, Slavery and Rebellion. p. 97; Plutarch, Crassus, 11:4. 36. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 11:5;. 37. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:120; Plutarch, Crassus, 11:6â??7; Livy, Periochae, 97.1. 38. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:120; Florus, Epitome, 2.8. 39. ^ a b Plutarch Crassus, 9:5â??6. 40. ^ Appian, Civil Wars, 1:117; Florus, Epitome, 2.8. 41. ^ Plutarch, Crassus, 9:7; Appian, Civil Wars, 1:117. 42. ^ Karl Marx's "Confession"[1] 43. ^ Letter from Marx to Engels In Manchester 44. ^ http://tvblog.ugo.com/tv/spartacus-comic-con-2009 45. ^ http://spartacus.ausxip.com/2009/06/ 46. ^ History of Spartak, fcspartak.ru (Russian) 47. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, volume 24 (part 1), p. 286, Moscow, Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya publisher, 1976 [edit] Bibliography [edit] Classical authors * Appian. Civil Wars. Translated by J. Carter. (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1996) * Florus. Epitome of Roman History. (London: W. Heinemann, 1947) * Orosius. The Seven Books of History Against the Pagans. Translated by Roy J. Deferrari. (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1964). * Plutarch. Fall of the Roman Republic. Translated by R. Warner. (London: Penguin Books, 1972), with special emphasis placed on "The Life of Crassus" and "The Life of Pompey". * Sallust. Conspiracy of Catiline and the War of Jugurtha. (London: Constable, 1924) [edit] Modern historiography * Bradley, Keith R. Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World, 140 B.C.â??70 B.C. Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989 (hardcover, ISBN 0-253-31259-0); 1998 (paperback, ISBN 0-253-21169-7). [Chapter V] The Slave War of Spartacus, pp. 83â??101. * Rubinsohn, Wolfgang Zeev. Spartacus' Uprising and Soviet Historical Writing. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1987 (paperback, ISBN 0-9511243-1-5). * Spartacus: Film and History, edited by Martin M. Winkler. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2007 (hardcover, ISBN 1-4051-3180-2; paperback, ISBN 1-4051-3181-0). * Trow, M.J. Spartacus: The Myth and the Man. Stroud, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN 0-7509-3907-9). * Genner, Michael. "Spartakus. Eine Gegengeschichte des Altertums nach den Legenden der Zigeuner". Two volumes. Paperback. Trikont Verlag, Munchen 1979/1980. Vol 1 ISBN 3-88167-053-X Vol 2 ISBN 3-88167-0 [edit] External links Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Spartacus * Spartacus Article and full text of the Roman and Greek sources. * "Spartacus"â??Movie starring Kirk Douglas and Sir Peter Ustinov * "Spartacus"â??TV-Mini-series starring Goran ViÅ¡njiÄ? and Alan Bates l * [3] Starz Mini-Series airing in 2010 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus" Categories: 71 BC deaths | Rebel slaves in ancient Rome | Roman gladiators | Thracians | Ancient Thracians killed in battle | Roman-era Thracians | 1st-century BC Romans
Still Well Member	Fri Apr 23 07:30:36 I watched an episode about a month ago and thought it was shit, Rome was much better.
CrownRoyal Member	Fri Apr 23 08:16:55 No question about it.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 10:05:51 Wikispammer=hot rod?
Nimatzo Member	Fri Apr 23 10:07:29 The only people who do not enjoy Spartacus are homos and middle aged women.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 10:20:25 That was hot rod
mexicantornado Member	Fri Apr 23 14:42:07 Yes, only homos and women would dislike a show that keeps all the male leads naked, is comprised of mostly of fucking and has incredibly unrealistic fight sequences. Sparticus is honestly the gayest show and weakest I ever turned on, only watched about 5 minutes of it then decided it was made for tools and dooshbags.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 14:46:42 Only MT would think that chicks naked all over the show is "gay". They better have a lesbian scenes in season 2.
mexicantornado Member	Fri Apr 23 14:56:24 i think men fighting basically naked in utterly dry green screen fights is gay. Throwing naked women was honestly just a bone to throw to tools like you.
Nimatzo Member	Fri Apr 23 15:01:10 >>i think men fighting basically naked<< What the fuck are you on about? The only scenes where the men are naked is when they are in the bath or fucking. It's how normal people do these things. >>green screen fights is gay<< So that means you did not enjoy 300 either then? Because the fights were not realistic. How incredibly fucking gay you are.
Seb Member	Fri Apr 23 16:02:39 BTW... now is a good as time as any to bring it up... American remake of life on Mars... the ending. What. The. Fuck. Are your producers really so literal minded?
Seb Member	Fri Apr 23 16:05:37 russian: Stargte universe? Meh... It wants to be Battlestar so very badly, all gritty and realistic and stuff... but it can't handle it... it's stargate. But it has Robert Carlyle in it... and he steals the show whilst sleep walking through it and making it clear he is actually a good actor but just doing it for the obscene bags of cash.
mexicantornado Member	Fri Apr 23 16:10:46 "So that means you did not enjoy 300 either then?" Haha yeah 300 is fucking lame too, as with Spartacus it was made for the pre-adolescent crowd of tools and dooshbags.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Apr 23 16:22:13 MT has no testicles
Nimatzo Member	Fri Apr 23 17:16:26 >>It wants to be Battlestar so very badly, all gritty and realistic and stuff... but it can't handle it... it's stargate.<< Ahh fellow BSG lover, have you watched Caprica, seb?
Nimatzo Member	Fri Apr 23 17:17:44 My god no wonder women cheat on you MT, sooner or later they find out that you are more of a woman then they are.
russian Member	Sat Apr 24 00:31:28 "It wants to be Battlestar so very badly, all gritty and realistic and stuff... but it can't handle it... it's stargate..." I disagree. The only connection with BSG is that their both on a boat. I liked BSG but i think by the 4th season it lost the plot and became too convoluted and confusing. stargate universe will follow the trend of all stargate franchises with 1 very good season (this one) next 2 satisfactory seasons and an atrocious final. And robert carlyle makes the whole show.
habebe Member	Sat Apr 24 03:32:59 While we are talking about tv, I just watched "Community", better than I thought it would be, it's the mob-movie parody one with chicken.
habebe Member	Sat Apr 24 03:35:54 And now, Lucy lawless topless. Although if given the choice, I'd prefer the bj chick.
NeverWoods Member	Sat Apr 24 04:23:41 What i like about stargate universe is that they take chances and they always pay off. Take the latest episode where they are on a new planet and naturally they start picking fruits at that moment i said to my self gee they are going to do some outrageous fruits purple and all that shit but hey what do you know the alien fruits looked a lot like earth ones like the kiwis they picked, i was happy about that fact and it did not seem so out of place. I never liked the old stargate shows however, they always seemed so forced, it never was natrual progression, all the desision they made seemed to fallow the same forced formula over and over again. Universe seems diffrent for the moment i'm happy with the show.
NeverWoods Member	Sat Apr 24 04:24:12 And the girl with the big boobs +
habebe Member	Sat Apr 24 04:35:16 I never got into stargate anything, as far as sci-fi goes, I used to watch the x-files, until the end 2-3 seasons when it got stupid.
Daemon Member	Sat Apr 24 05:42:30 patom "All this excitement over a movie that was made in the 50's??" I still like that old movie of Stanley Kubrick. Not his best, but worth watching.
charper Member	Sat Apr 24 05:53:51 Never understood what lucy lawless has at all. You can still see the teen chubbiness she never managed to completely ditch even if she tried to change her square body into some muscle.
russian Member	Sat Apr 24 08:41:01 "Never understood what lucy lawless has at all. You can still see the teen chubbiness she never managed to completely ditch even if she tried to change her square body into some muscle. " she looks nothing like a man. I understand that this is a problem for you.
jergul Member	Sat Apr 24 08:49:45 I liked it. UnreaEngine you reckon for segments of the combat scenes? The Gore effect reminds me of how Sagas were written. Same kind of overstatement to remind us all that well it is a saga.
SmarterthanBush Member	Sat Apr 24 10:40:18 'Never understood what lucy lawless has at all. You can still see the teen chubbiness she never managed to completely ditch even if she tried to change her square body into some muscle. ' How about being in good enough shape to literally fuck you till it falls off?
SmarterthanBush Member	Sat Apr 24 10:40:43 I guess for you that would be 8-12 seconds though.
russian Member	Sat Apr 24 11:15:17 btw on a related note i found a show that has the same amount of sex as spartacus only is much more historically accurate*. Its called the tudors. *by hollywood standards.
Jesus Adolf Hitler Member	Sat Apr 24 11:17:02 Something tells me you would enjoy the show Queer as Folk russian. Tons of sex in that show.
habebe Member	Sat Apr 24 14:15:58 I seen bits and pieces of the Tudors, never got into, still think Rome is the best HD. In jail I used to watch this Korean Historical drama about ancient warlords and shit, it was all in Korean and had subtitles in eng., can't think of the name though, maybe Dae wo or something.
Stanley Stampede Member	Sat Apr 24 14:21:02 Dae Jang Geum?
Seb Member	Sat Apr 24 18:29:45 Russian: I meant in style... it seems someone decided "hey, with the current gritty depressingly realistic human-interaction sci-fi show gone, lets try and colonise the niche. Very different in plot terms. Nim: I want to like Caprica... it has all the bits buts but somehow they just don't come together. It's not as compelling as Battlestar, granted genocide in space is more dramatic material to work with, but it's not necessarily the plot... the whole arc of the fall of Daniel Greystone is a classic narrative path that has been explored since greek times... it ought to have more impact, yet somehow it just doesn't get to me. The only part I didn't like is the whole VR-film-noir-Joseph-Adama thing.
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Sun Apr 25 01:28:44 spartacus: mira is the hottest chick there. by far. the action is good until they add the blood splurging. MT: if you call guys w/o shirts naked, you got serious brain damage. sure, they may be wearing nothing more than jock straps, but when they're only shown from the waist up 1/2 the time, I fail to see an issue. BSG: decent show, if absolutely retarded for at least 1/2 the show. being able to look past shitty plot makes such shows enjoyable. although it pissed me off a lot that characters never really learned from their mistakes.
russian Member	Sun Apr 25 06:59:11 on another off topic matter, I am kind of licking the new dr who season. They got rid of the good doctor but brought it a good companion
Seb Member	Sun Apr 25 11:17:09 Russian: I dunno... the plots and action of the new Dr Who are much much better, none of this messianic crap, but the new actor is a bit young to take seriously. Anyone bother watching supernatural claymore... it's jumped so many sharks now that it seems to have become immune... I can't seem to quit it though.
russian Member	Mon Apr 26 00:08:08 looks great, cant wait; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8FiSEOGIyw
Nimatzo Member	Mon Apr 26 03:33:04 With regards to the OT, it looks like the second season of Spartacus will be delayed as Andy Whitfield who plays Spartacus has been diagnosed with cancer (non-hodgkins lymphoma) =,(
Atheist Fanatic Member	Mon Apr 26 03:34:11 I hope the asshole dies and season 2 never happens
Nimatzo Member	Mon Apr 26 03:38:18 I wish there was a hell for you to burn in.
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