• Gladiators: The Real Spartacus

  • Nov 15 2024
  • Length: 41 mins
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Gladiators: The Real Spartacus

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  • Spartacus is probably the most famous gladiator in history but how much of his legend is actually true? Dan is joined by Dr Rhiannon Evans, from Melbourne’s Le Trobe University, a leading expert in Ancient History and one of the hosts of the Emperors of Rome podcast to find out. They trace what little we know of his origins, his life in the gladiator school where he led a kitchen revolution and escaped with a cohort of other enslaved fighters before raising an army to fight a revolt that pushed the Roman Empire to the brink. From the Roman retaliation to the grisly fate that met the survivors, Dan and Rhiannon unravel the fact from the fiction.


    You can listen to Emperors of Rome, wherever you get your podcasts.


    This is episode 3 of a 4-part mini-series 'Gladiators'.


    Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal Patmore


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