Spartacus / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden.

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The slave and gladiator Spartacus has been the subject of myth-making in his own time and of movie-making in ours. Aldo Schiavone brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Spartacus emerges here as the commander of an army, whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to str...

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Uniform Title:Spartaco. English
Main Author: Schiavone, Aldo
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Italian
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Series:Revealing antiquity ; 19.
Subjects:
Spartacus, > -71 B.C.
Enslaved persons > Rome > Biography.
Gladiators > Rome > Biography.
Soldiers > Rome > Biography.
Slave rebellions > Rome.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
Rome > History > Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xii, 177 pages : maps ; 19 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
The slave and gladiator Spartacus has been the subject of myth-making in his own time and of movie-making in ours. Aldo Schiavone brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Spartacus emerges here as the commander of an army, whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to strike at the very heart of the imperial system.
Note:"Originally published as Spartaco ... 2011 by Giulio Einaudi Editore SpA, Torino"--Title page verso.
Call Number:DG258.5 .S3513 2013
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674057784 (alkaline paper)
0674057783 (alkaline paper)