#third servile war

[pitch-and-moan]

Farticus

A faithful recreation of the 1960 film, except with loud, obvious farts included in every scene.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

AND THE INTERNET AWARD FOR GREATEST FAUX CRITERION COVER GOES TO...

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on custom and/or faux Criterion Collection cover art for the 1960 Sword and Sandal epic "Spartacus," directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 4K/Blu-Ray Steelbook cover inspired by 1974 theatrical re-release German poster art by Lutz Peltzer.

Resolution from largest to smallest: 2205x1289, 1141x1289, & 1000x1500.

FILM OVERVIEW: "Stanley Kubrick directed a cast of screen legends —including Kirk Douglas as the indomitable gladiator that led a Roman slave revolt—in the sweeping epic that defined a genre and ushered in a new Hollywood era. The assured acting, lush Technicolor cinematography, bold costumes, and visceral fight sequences won "Spartacus" four Oscars; the blend of politics and sexual suggestion scandalized audiences. Today Kubrick's controversial classic, the first film to openly defy Hollywood's blacklist, remains a landmark of cinematic artistry and history."

-- CRITERION COLLECTION, c. spring 2001

Sources: www.reddit.com/r/criterion/comments/olrjb4 & Limited Runs.

[ancient-rome-au]

thinking about the Roman practice of slavery could have evolved if Spartacus got his way and marched his army north out of Italy

[yourdelusionalservant]

Forget Ashur, with all my love to him. We need a spinoff where Saxa returns to life and she and Gannicus just start a random murder quest. Like Porn Without Plot, I want Murder Without Plot. I don't care what is the social class of the Romans they murder, I don't care which villages or cities they do it in, I don't care how they got to these places and with whose help.

Just murder. Two fucking maniacs murdering people for fun.

[maps-and-elvis-and-zelda-n-shit]

Spartacus (MIA 71 BC) in a near contemporary depiction from a Pompeiian (pre 79 AD) tavern graffito. I don’t know of any other roman depictions of Spartacus.

[betweenheroesandvillains]

oh... so this is how crassus got all his fame...

[recentlywiki]

New edit in the Wikipedia article on Third Servile War

On June 13, 2015 at 04:46AM, 85.169.66.220 made an edit the Wikipedia article on Third Servile War.

[peashooter85]

(Sometime around) Today in History, March 15th, 71 BC --- The Spartacus Rebels are Executed.

In the 1st century BC Spartacus was a Thracian taken captive in war against the Romans.  He was made a slave and trained as a gladiator in the town of Capua, until in 73 BC he orchestrated a revolt against his captors with 70 other gladiators.  Over a short period of time his band of 70 men grew to number in the thousands as slaves all over Italy fled to join his rebellion.  At the time Rome was at war abroad and could spare few soldiers to suppress the rebellion.  Instead, the Romans sent expeditions of poorly trained and equipped militia units to crush Spartacus' army.  Using unorthodox tactics and guile the rebels were able to defeat the Romans with ease.  Over the next two years Spartacus led an army of 70,000 slaves across Italy; raiding, plundering, freeing slaves, and spreading terror as they traveled.  Finally the Roman Senate raised a professional army of 40,000 men to deal with the slave rebellion.  Under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus, the Romans were eventually able to trap Spartacus' army in Southern Italy as they attempted to flee to Sicily.  There they made a deal with pirates to be ferried to the island, but the pirates betrayed them, leaving them cut off at the toe of Italy.  The rebels made a final stand but were brutally massacred by the Roman Army.  Spartacus himself was killed in the battle, though his body was never found.

Of the 70,000 rebel slaves only 6,000 survived the onslaught.  Crassus had no mercy for the rebels, and ordered all to be executed using the most brutal method of Roman execution; Crucifixion.  In the days of Ancient Rome the Appian Way was the most important and heavily traveled highway in the Roman Republic, connecting Rome with southern Italy.  Crassus ordered all of the 6,000 rebels to be crucified along the Appian Way from Rome to Capua, where the revolt originated. The line of crosses stretched a total of 120 miles.  The bodies were left to rot on the cross for over a year as a warning to all who had thoughts of defying Rome.