Spartacus:

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ISBN: 9780674057784

ISBN-10: 0674057783

ISBN-13: 9780674057784

Edition: 2013

Authors: Aldo Schiavone, Jeremy Carden

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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…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 218
Size: 4.75" wide x 7.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English