Spartacus, one of the thracian leaders and famous warrior is prisoned and condemned into slavery together with his wife by claudius glaber, roman legatus, when the thracians decide to stop helping romans in war with getae. The life of spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the romans. Pdf, epubs, mobi, emagazines, epaper, ejournal and more. A famous gladiatorturnedrebel, spartacus was relentless in his struggles against the roman empires oppression.
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