LEADER 04065nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910779669303321 005 20230328233319.0 010 $a0-674-07583-8 010 $a0-674-07580-3 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674075801 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038883 035 $a(EBL)3301224 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000836154 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11437750 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836154 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11008028 035 $a(PQKB)11373801 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301224 035 $a(DE-B1597)210465 035 $a(OCoLC)828868958 035 $a(OCoLC)979621564 035 $a(OCoLC)984642356 035 $a(OCoLC)987928844 035 $a(OCoLC)992453428 035 $a(OCoLC)999354006 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674075801 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301224 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10661181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7186159 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7186159 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038883 100 $a20120918d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpartacus$b[electronic resource] /$fAldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 0 $aRevealing Antiquity ;$v19 300 $a"This book was originally published as Spartaco ... 2011 by Giulio Einaudi Editore SpA, Torino". 311 $a0-674-05778-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-171) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION --$tBEFORE BEGINNING . . . --$tMaps --$t1 THE FUGITIVE --$t2 THE COMMANDER --$t3 THE LOSER --$tTHE ANCIENT SOURCES --$tNOTES --$tSUGGESTED READING --$tINDEX --$tREVEALING ANTIQUITY 330 $aSpartacus (109??71 bce), the slave who rebelled against Rome, has been a source of endless fascination, the subject of myth-making in his own time, and of movie-making in ours. Hard facts about the man have always yielded to romanticized tales and mystifications. In this riveting, compact account, Aldo Schiavone rescues Spartacus from the murky regions of legend and brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Schiavone transports us to Italy of the first century bce, where the pervasive institution of slavery dominates all aspects of Roman life. In this historic landscape, carefully reconstructed by the author, we encounter Spartacus, who is enslaved after deserting from the Roman army to avoid fighting against his native Thrace. Imprisoned in Capua and trained as a gladiator, he leads an uprising that will shake the empire to its foundations. While the grandeur of the Spartacus story has always been apparent, its political significance has been less clear. What were his ambitions? Often depicted as the leader of a class rebellion that was fierce in intent but ragtag in makeup and organization, Spartacus emerges here in a very different light: the commander of an army whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to strike at the very heart of the imperial system. Surprising, persuasive, and highly original, Spartacus challenges the lore and illuminates the reality of a figure whose achievements, and whose ultimate defeat, are more extraordinary and moving than the fictions we make from them. 410 0$aRevealing Antiquity 606 $aEnslaved persons$zRome$vBiography 606 $aGladiators$zRome$vBiography 606 $aSoldiers$zRome$vBiography 606 $aSlave rebellions$zRome 607 $aRome$xHistory$yServile Wars, 135-71 B.C 615 0$aEnslaved persons 615 0$aGladiators 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aSlave rebellions 676 $a937.05092 676 $aB 686 $aNH 7250$2rvk 700 $aSchiavone$b Aldo$0124421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779669303321 996 $aSpartacus$93772146 997 $aUNINA