1) American historical novel 2) Ballet based on actual event 3) Character of great prominence 4) Character of great influence 5) Crassus defeated him 6) Feature with short title 7) Feature with short epithet 8) Feature with very short name 9) Feature with very short title 10) Feature with single word name
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This rebellion, interpreted by some as an example of oppressed people fighting for their freedom against a slave-owning oligarchy, has been an inspiration to many political thinkers, and has been featured in literature, television, and film. ==Origins== The ancient sources agree that Spartacus was a Thracian. Plutarch describes him as `a Thracian....
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[ballet] Spartacus, or Spartak, is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978). The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War, although the ballet`s storyline takes considerable liberties with the historical record. Khachaturian composed the ballet in 1954, and...
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(from the article `1960: Other Winners`) ...The ApartmentAdapted Screenplay: Richard Brooks for Elmer GantryCinematography, Black-and-White: Freddie Francis for Sons And ... Other Nominees[2 related articles]
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(from the article `Performing Arts`) ...based very loosely on the story of Hamlet. Other notable events were a gala to celebrate the 80th birthday of Yury Grigorovich, the debut of guest ...
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leader in the Gladiatorial War (73–71) against Rome.[3 related articles]
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(died 71 BC) Thracian gladiator. In 73 BC he led a revolt of gladiators and slaves in Capua, near Naples, and swept through southern Italy and Cisalpine Gaul. He was eventually caught by Roman general Crassus 71...
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Spartacus was a Thracian soldier who commanded the insurgents in the third Servile War of Rome. Originally a shepherd, he was taken prisoner by the Romans and trained in the gladiators' school at Capua, from whence in 73 BC he escaped with seventy others to the crater of Vesuvius. Having scattered a blockading force, he gathered an army of runaway ...
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Spartacus is a historical action drama starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Nina Foch, Herbert Lom, Woody Strode, John Ireland and John Dell in a story about a Roman gladiator, born into slavery longing for freedom and finding himself leading a revolt of the slaves against ...
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Thracian gladiator. In 73 BC he led a revolt of gladiators and slaves in Capua, near Naples, and swept through southern Italy and Cisalpine Gaul. He was eventually caught by Roman general Crassus 71 BC. The fate of Spartacus is not known, although his followers were executed in mass crucifixions
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