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Author Schiavone, Aldo, author.

Title Spartacus / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 177 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Revealing antiquity ; 19
Revealing antiquity ; 19.
Contents Translator's Note -- The Fugitive -- The Commander -- The Loser
Summary Spartacus (109?-71 bce), the slave who rebelled against Rome, has been a source of endless fascination, the subject of myth-making in his own time, and of movie-making in ours. Hard facts about the man have always yielded to romanticized tales and mystifications. In this riveting, compact account, Aldo Schiavone rescues Spartacus from the murky regions of legend and brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Schiavone transports us to Italy of the first century bce, where the pervasive institution of slavery dominates all aspects of Roman life. In this historic landscape, carefully reconstructed by the author, we encounter Spartacus, who is enslaved after deserting from the Roman army to avoid fighting against his native Thrace. Imprisoned in Capua and trained as a gladiator, he leads an uprising that will shake the empire to its foundations. While the grandeur of the Spartacus story has always been apparent, its political significance has been less clear. What were his ambitions? Often depicted as the leader of a class rebellion that was fierce in intent but ragtag in makeup and organization, Spartacus emerges here in a very different light: 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. Surprising, persuasive, and highly original, Spartacus challenges the lore and illuminates the reality of a figure whose achievements, and whose ultimate defeat, are more extraordinary and moving than the fictions we make from them
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes "Originally published as Spartaco ... 2011 by Giulio Einaudi Editore SpA, Torino"--Title page verso
Translated from Italian
Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed August 15, 2023)
Subject Spartacus, -71 B.C
SUBJECT Spartacus, -71 B.C. fast
Subject Enslaved persons -- Rome -- Biography
Gladiators -- Rome -- Biography
Soldiers -- Rome -- Biography
Slave rebellions -- Rome
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
Gladiators
Slave rebellions
Enslaved persons
Soldiers
Slaven (arbeid)
Opstanden.
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115117
Subject Rome (Empire)
Romeinse rijk.
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Carden, Jeremy, translator.
ISBN 9780674075801
0674075803
0674075838
9780674075832
Other Titles Spartaco. English