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Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.
In 72 v.C., toen het genadeloze gezag van het Romeinse Rijk ver reikte, leverde elk veroverd land nieuwe slaven op die hun Romeinse meesters dienden te gehoorzamen. Spartacus, die als jongetje getuige was van de moord op zijn vader en als slaaf werd verkocht, zou uiteindelijk een slavenopstand leiden tegen de machtige generaals en politici van Rome.
This television miniseries tells the familiar story of Spartacus, played in this endeavor by ER regular Goran Visnjic. Spartacus, who was enslaved by the Romans after they murdered his father, leads fellow slaves in an attempt to overthrow the repressive Roman Empire.