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00:30No one even knows where he came from.
00:34Some say he was from Thrace in Greece, but he never said.
00:47All I know for sure is he had once been in the army, and then he and his wife were
00:51seized
00:52and taken to the slave market in Rome.
00:59And that's where the story of Spartacus really began.
01:02The woman and the child.
01:04We'll start at 3,000 sesterces.
01:07What am I bid?
01:083,000 sesterces.
01:094,000 sesterces.
01:12Yes, come on.
01:13For the family.
01:15Good workers.
01:17Good breeders.
01:17Who give me 5,000 sesterces?
01:29You've a good eye, Patitus.
01:31He's special, this one.
01:35Where did you serve?
01:38Not a soldier.
01:48So you're not a soldier.
01:53Now take him.
01:542,000 sesterces.
01:553,000?
01:56With the female?
01:57What do I want with a woman?
01:59This one will make a gladiator.
02:01Two.
02:02Two and a half.
02:05All right, all right.
02:08Two.
02:10Get him.
02:16No!
02:17No!
02:19Ah!
02:21Ah!
02:23Ah!
02:24Ah!
02:25Ah!
02:26Ah!
02:26Ah!
02:27Ah!
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02:39Ah!
02:41Ah!
02:46Spartacus would become known as the man who fought back.
02:50Ah!
02:51Ah!
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02:53Ah!
02:58Ah!
03:00Ah!
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03:12Ah!
03:12Ah!
03:13Ah!
03:14Ah!
03:25Ah!
03:27Okay, back up!
04:09Welcome to hell.
04:11Come on!
04:13He didn't look like much when I first saw him.
04:16We'd been there for years, me and my mate Crixus.
04:20Ever since they snatched us in Gould.
04:25One of the perks of being a veteran gladiator
04:28was beating up the new arrivals.
04:31And I fancied my chances with him.
04:44Huh? You call this fighting, huh?
05:03Good hit.
05:14I'll kill you!
05:16I'll kill you!
05:37You'll be pissing blood for a week.
05:39Goulds!
05:47Nuts!
05:50Get them to the cells!
05:54Come on!
05:55Put your backs into it!
05:57Don't rip it, huh?
05:58Get them to the cells!
06:04You're not going to die!
06:05All right, I'm going to die!
06:12No use!
06:14You're sick!
06:26You should listen to him.
06:30You know how long he's been here.
06:33He's crazy.
07:01Whoever she is, forget her.
07:13Best to forget everything in here.
07:16Believe me.
07:20You'll learn.
07:22No, you won't.
07:27You won't forget your height.
07:51A few months later, Spartacus had become one of us.
07:54We were ordered to fight in the arena in Capua.
07:58It was a routine job.
08:00A politician who wanted to suck up to the voters were put on a show.
08:04And we were the entertainment.
08:09So, what have you got for me this afternoon?
08:12A marvellous spectacle, I assure you, Senator.
08:15Worth every penny.
08:17I should hope so.
08:19Cost me enough.
08:23Our paymaster that day was Marcus Licinius Crassus.
08:27A man with a fortune in slaves and property.
08:30Who was aiming for high office.
08:33A good turnout, don't you think?
08:35Hmm.
08:36A full house, sir.
08:39More people, more votes, Spartacus.
08:57What a pleasant surprise, Senator Lentilus.
09:00More than we deserved, I'm sure.
09:02Or at least expected.
09:04The people appreciate seeing the future consul, I always think.
09:08Of course.
09:10And we are deeply honoured.
09:14That's very gracious of you, Marcus Crassus.
09:19What the hell is he doing here?
09:22He'd turn up the onion of the shithouse if he thought there was a vote in him.
09:40When you went into the arena, you didn't expect to die.
09:44The deal was simple.
09:46Fight hard.
09:48Put on a good show.
09:50Keep the crowd happy.
09:51And they'd let you live.
09:53But show cowardice.
09:56And they'd turn nasty.
09:57And they'd
10:58Fight me. I'm trying to save your life. Fight me.
11:27Fight me.
11:38How disappointing.
11:40And after all the trouble you went to.
11:44You promised me spectacle.
11:46This is pathetic.
11:49I assure you, sir, it will not happen again.
11:58Kill him!
11:59Kill him!
12:30Please.
12:32Please.
12:35Please.
12:58Please.
13:16Please.
13:17Please.
13:17Please.
13:17Please.
13:25Gotta get used to it.
13:37But he never did get used to it.
13:39I wonder if it was then that he started thinking about escape.
13:58Ah! Ah!
14:51Tell everyone supper's ready.
14:56We're getting out of here.
15:00We're getting out of here.
15:29Not your lucky night.
15:44Spassikas!
15:52Spassikas!
15:56Welcome to hell.
16:42Hi, Grant. Move!
16:50And that was it.
16:52We were out. We had no plan, just 70 of us on the run. Hiding on the slopes of Mount
16:59Vesuvius,
17:0020 miles from Capua.
17:10Don't do it.
17:15Uh-oh.
17:17Uh-oh.
17:34Escaped slaves were like vermin. We had to be hunted down. So they sent 4,000 men. They outnumbered
17:44us 50 to 1.
17:54We're trapped. No way out. There's always a way out. Look at them. They're not patrolling
18:03the perimeters and the sentries are all facing this way. That should tell you two things.
18:11What?
18:14One, they don't expect us to attack. Are we gonna attack? You try and stop me. And
18:20two, they're all conscripts, amateurs. Now look again. What are they doing? Watching us.
18:30Exactly. Just like the crowd in the arena. So? So, the crowd in the arena doesn't watch
18:39the exits, does it? No-one's watching the rear. How thick are those vines?
18:52atically, isn't it? There probably introduction to the anisa.
19:18But when, it's up here. And yet, you can try to hang on.
19:26Evening, ladies.
19:50Let's go.
20:20Let's go.
21:01Spartacus.
21:01Spartacus.
21:06There's something you need to see.
21:19Who are they?
21:21They're slaves, mostly.
21:25What do they want?
21:28What do you think they want?
21:31They want to join you.
21:40Over the months, more and more of them came.
21:50Soon there were thousands.
21:52Not just men, but women and children.
21:57Suddenly we weren't just outlaws.
21:59We were a movement.
22:02And that's when the trouble started.
22:07Hundreds of them.
22:08Where are they all coming from?
22:10They're flocking to the mighty Spartacus.
22:17Look, this one's brought his wife and his bloody mother.
22:23How old's he?
22:26How old are you?
22:31Not a fighting man among them.
22:44Useless.
22:47So what are you going to do with all this lot then?
22:51I don't know.
22:53I don't know.
22:53Feed them.
23:10What do you think you're doing?
23:14What's it look like?
23:16You can't spare that.
23:17There isn't enough for the men.
23:19So what do we do?
23:20Let them starve?
23:26They're no use to us.
23:30That's your army Spartacus.
23:34Feed it.
23:35Or someone else will.
23:38You want food?
23:39Go find it then.
23:57In his own brutal way, Crixus had put his finger on it.
24:01And Spartacus knew it.
24:03We couldn't carry on living as a rubber band hidden in the hills.
24:07There were too many of us to hide.
24:10And too many of us couldn't fight.
24:13We needed a plan.
24:16We needed a plan.
24:16A plan that could look after thousands of men, women and children.
24:23There's still a plan.
24:30I can't watch live in our practice.
24:33I do not want to be going through these degrees.
24:33I do not want to.
24:35I do not want to face it.
24:36You cannot change it.
24:38I do not want to face it.
24:47We can't beat the whole Roman army.
24:49We keep moving.
24:51Where? Where are we going?
24:52As far as we have to.
24:56That's it.
24:58Have you got a better idea?
25:03It's not much of a life.
25:05But it is life.
25:13We'll go north, across the Alps.
25:40We'll go north, to Gaul, and out of Roman territory.
25:44We'll find ourselves a new home.
25:48Gaul?
25:52Have you ever been to Gaul, Spartacus?
26:00Have you seen the women?
26:04No.
26:06I didn't think so.
26:09You go to Gaul.
26:12I'm going to stay here and fight.
26:17I saw my family burn.
26:20Spartacus.
26:23I saw my children burn.
26:25I want revenge!
26:30Who's coming with me?
26:35Who's coming with me?
26:38Me!
26:39Me!
26:40Me!
26:40Me!
26:41Me!
26:41Me!
26:43Ain't a maus?
26:48I'm sorry, Crixus.
26:51Why?
26:54Because I think you're wrong.
27:00Right, the women.
27:24Let's go.
27:54Lynchulus mobilized a massive army.
28:07The first slaves they ran into were Crixus' mob in the Garganus Mountains.
28:18We got there too late.
28:34I'm sorry, Inamis.
28:36Don't say another word.
28:45He was my friend.
28:49You know what?
28:50Perhaps he was right.
28:51He's dead.
28:53When this is living, looking after a bunch of women and children, at least he died like
28:58a man.
28:58He died like a fool.
29:09We made a promise.
29:14Revenge, Spartacus.
29:18We lived for it.
29:22It was all we had.
29:26You want revenge, then live.
29:31They want you dead, so live and you win.
29:37There's no other way.
29:39Come with me to Gaul.
29:43What kind of a victory is that?
29:47It's the only one we can get.
29:58So Spartacus led 40,000 of us north, slowly getting nearer and nearer to the Alps and
30:04our new home in Gaul.
30:12All the time the Romans were closing in.
30:34They're going to run us all the time.
30:39We can't move any faster.
30:41There's nothing for it.
30:43We'll have to stun them and fight.
30:45You said that we couldn't do that.
30:49So that was suicide.
30:52Two miles north of here, there's a gorge.
30:55If we can lure them in there, their numbers will count against them.
30:59Packed together like rats in a trap.
31:01It's our best chance.
31:28It's our best chance.
31:43There.
31:44No.
31:45No.
31:46No.
31:46Come on!
32:29Go, go, go, go, go!
32:46We did it.
32:47Huh?
32:48We bloody did it.
32:50We were lucky, that's all.
32:51No!
32:52No, that wasn't luck.
32:55With you leading us, we can beat them all!
32:58They want you to lead us against Rome, to victory!
33:01Oh, Nemeus, Nemeus, listen, listen, listen!
33:04Another three days, Marge, maybe two, and we're there.
33:07Go on.
33:09We've done it.
33:10We're out.
33:10No.
33:11Escaping, you'll just be an escaped slave.
33:14Huh?
33:15You'll still be a slave, wherever you are.
33:19To be free, I mean really free, we have to kill our master.
33:25Now, Spartacus, now for Rome.
33:30Huh?
33:31Rome!
33:32Rome!
33:34Rome!
33:35Rome!
33:36Rome!
33:37Rome!
33:38Rome!
33:39Rome!
33:40Rome!
33:40Rome!
33:41Rome!
33:41Rome!
33:41Rome!
33:43Rome!
33:44Rome!
33:46Rome!
33:47Rome!
33:49Rome!
33:50Rome!
33:52Rome!
33:53Rome!
33:54Rome!
33:55Rome!
34:01Rome!
34:03Rome!
34:04Rome!
34:05Rome!
34:06Rome!
34:07Rome!
34:08Rome!
34:08Rome!
34:09Rome!
34:10Rome!
34:10Rome!
34:10Rome!
34:11Rome!
34:12Rome!
34:12No! No! No!
34:22Consul Lentilus, I came as soon as I heard.
34:27What for? To gloat?
34:29To offer my sincere commiserations.
34:34I'd like to say it could have happened to the best of us.
34:38But it didn't.
34:39Oh, you're enjoying this, aren't you?
34:41No, Lentilus, I'm not enjoying this.
34:44Who could enjoy a disaster on this scale?
34:46I did my duty!
34:49Your duty?
34:52Thanks to you, a slave army is marching on Rome.
34:57It's time someone strong was put in charge.
35:02Someone who gets the job done.
35:06So, you're the army that ran away from slaves.
35:14Soldiers!
35:17You're a laughing stock!
35:21No doubt you're saying I'm a businessman, not a soldier.
35:28What do I know about strategy and tactics?
35:32Well, I do know about leadership.
35:37I know about discipline.
35:40I know about efficiency.
35:47Every tenth man to step forward.
36:07Decimate them.
36:25I know about citizenship.
36:28Can we help those people?
36:28We've got to go.
36:29Let's go!
36:29Let's go!
36:33Let's go!
36:35Let's go!
36:48You had to hand it to Crassus.
36:51In just a few months, he changed that army.
36:56When we arrived on the hills outside Rome,
36:59that was only too clear.
37:06This is a mistake.
37:08Could have been in goal by now.
37:24You think we can't win?
37:27You swore to lead us.
37:29What do you want me to say? I want you to lead us!
37:33They believe in you!
37:35I need a laugh for this!
37:40Go! Go on! Get out!
37:43Go on!
37:45Go on!
37:48You go with them.
37:49You still don't understand, do you?
37:53There's nowhere left for them to go.
38:01You said you'd lead us to a new home.
38:04You've done that. You're their home, Spartacus.
38:13We're staying with you.
38:16Get out.
38:21You're trying!
38:33Forget Rome.
38:37Just tell us what to do. We'll do it.
38:44We can't go north, we're heading south.
38:53So once again, Spartacus led us off.
38:56With no real idea of where we were going.
39:00They're heading south. Good.
39:04Don't let them turn or rest.
39:06Herd them like cattle.
39:10We're going to drive those bastards into the sea.
39:15And that's just what he did.
39:18He pursued us all the way from Rome to Regium at the top of Italy.
39:45What do we do now?
39:47Well, we grow wings.
40:03Gentlemen, we have them cornered.
40:07And now we're going to build a wall.
40:10Thirty-five miles across, stretching from coast to coast, and bordered by trenches.
40:16No one gets in or out.
40:19What do we do now?
40:27What do we do now?
40:34Mm hmm.
40:40I'm going to throw you in.
40:40We're going to be in a museum.
40:40Look, we're going to get us down here.
40:41We're going to go to the museum.
40:41Let him be in the museum.
40:41Let him be in a museum.
40:42What do we do now?
40:42Who's in that museum?
40:42He's up, right?
40:43You're doing a museum.
40:44Let him be in a museum.
40:50We have what we fought for.
40:55To be free means having the right to choose.
41:01Tomorrow you can stand and fight with me,
41:04or you can accept Rome's terms and take your chances.
41:10It's up to you.
41:13I'm not going to give you orders.
41:17This is your choice.
41:22Who's with me?
41:32Once we live for our masters, tomorrow we die for ourselves.
41:39That is freedom.
41:41Come on.
41:42Come on.
41:57Come on.
42:03I don't know.
42:36I don't know.
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