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Spartacus: 73 v. Chr.

Spartacus: 73 v. Chr.

Franklin, Adrian

Paperback

Historical Fiction

ISBN10: 3746035155
ISBN13: 9783746035154
Publisher: Bod - Books on Demand
Published: Mar 15 2023
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Prologue ...some are marked out for subjection... he, who is by nature not his own but another's man, is by nature a slave; and he may be said to be another's man who, being a human being, is also a possession. Aristotle, Politics, 1254b1-21. Year 73 B.C. Nothing foretold an uprising when a small group of gladiators managed their escape from the school in Capua. In no time, a wildfire erupts, engulfing the entire country. Under the leadership of the Thracian Spartacus, they defeated the Roman legions, victorious across the world, time and time again. Pressing forward as far as the Alps, then turning south again, in an attempt to escape the peninsula. Spartacus, a Thracian, not really tangible from the mists of history, - compared to Hannibal or Alexander, there are hardly any written records about him. Hannibal is, above all, the battle of Cannae. Spartacus has no recorded battle that eclipses all others, no crossing of the Alps, only a tale told in familiar strains, shaped more by legend than by history. This novel attempts to portray the uprising as, -The Attempt Of The Impossible. The film Blade-Runner (despite a completely different genre) has been a blueprint for the form of making the impossible, subtly, visible. There is no similarity to the plot, or the characters, it is the form/idea of depicting the impossibility of an undertaking.

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