Spartacus: The Slave Who Made Rome Tremble

[@Biographics]

Thank you, Curiosity Stream! Go to curiositystream.com/biographics for unlimited access to the world’s top documentaries and non­fiction series.

[@bfrankwithme4514]

Biographics If you find yourself running out of ideas you could do historical events of every date of the year. Example: Interesting things that happened during Jan 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on.

[@candyvaldez2947]

Biographics , you should do a bio of Socrates or Plato

[@european1514]

can you make a biography for augustus ceasar

[@TheDoctor1225]

I thought you had stopped using BCE and CE? Have you decided to go back to it? I truly hope not. BC and AD have long since lost any significant religious significance and are far better known. It may just be me, but BCE and CE grate on the ears.

[@MonkeyKingsformerroomate]

@Jeremy Brookes You're correct, the video is wrong.

[@MastaToSch]

"One day Rome shall fade and crumble yet you shall always be remembered in the hearts of all who yearn for freedom."

[@Oracletrades1]

Der_ToSch best series ever made

[@alexm7627]

Jesus sets free in its ultimate sense, this comment reminded me of this

[@369Æchilles]

Wow 🤦🏻No Spartacus has nothing to do with that next to fictitious man yeeeeeeeshhh

[@mfspawn1474]

@@369Æchilles Jesus by all accounts was a real person. The nonsense people attribute to him not so much.

[@WillArb95]

Codex333 religion also certainly not set you free. It ties you to a belief structure, community and hierarchy. Even if he was real this is still inaccurate 😆

[@alexisjuillard4816]

Arena fights didn’t usually end in death, in fact it rarely did. Gladiators were expensive and took moths or years to form, so their owners weren’t keen to have them killed. They usually fought to first blood, demonstrating their skills in the process Edit: as a commenter pointed out that doesn’t mean arena events weren’t gruesome and full of death. The games usually started by executions, and fights with animals were violent and uncontrollable events (lions have difficulty grasping the concept of sparing a gladiators life from what i’ve heard. So the spectacles were awful bloodbaths, just not between gladiators

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

but is that interesting to tell a cool story?

[@YCCCm7]

Thanks! I was about to make that comment, too.

[@georgeptolemy7260]

@@Gadget-Walkmen it's history

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@georgeptolemy7260 Yeah but when telling stories like in movies and books, you have to forgo some facts to make a story more compelling because some factual events are not that fun to know, they just happen.

[@aaronb2334]

@@Gadget-Walkmen except it's important.

[@thorshammer8033]

In whatever afterlife Spartacus spirit dwells in, may the fact that he is remembered as a true hero, bring comfort to his shade.

[@UnknownSend3r]

That's no consolation if he's in hell.

[@lukeklop]

@@UnknownSend3r true i guess

[@SRosenberg203]

@@UnknownSend3r I mean if the Christians are right, don't you think Spartacus would be one of those "virtuous pagans" who doesn't get to go to heaven because he lived before Jesus was a thing, but he at least gets to stay in purgatory instead of being in hell outright? I feel like I remember something about that from Dante.

[@stephenmachado6400]

@@SRosenberg203 Dante not the Bible. Either Heaven or Hell before Jesus there was still scripture of The coming son of man and God spoke directly to people then

[@stephenmachado6400]

@@SRosenberg203 no such thing as purgatory but there are different ranges of punishment

[@trajan74]

"We know nothing else about Glaber." Listen, you can almost hear Spartacus smiling.

[@RickReasonnz]

You know, seeing as how he disappeared from history so suddenly, his failure was probably so embarrassing he became victim of damnatio memoriae.

[@mariano98ify]

@@RickReasonnz but the 2 consuls in the 2 punic war suffered a major defeat at Canhae due to Hannibal, hard to believe this guy might be a victim of damnatio memoriae

[@TVamboi]

Lol that's funny😂

[@baconbliss4796]

@@mariano98ify thoes were men who had managed to reach the rank of consul that alone makes them to well know to erase unlike someone who was barely know

[@Hborn]

What happened to his body

[@icarian553]

I think the fact that Crassus was rich enough to feed the entire population of Rome for three months, says all about how rich he was.

[@YoutubeCO713]

He was ballin

[@tehlurfry679]

And that was with 20bil, bezos and elon are dustin him

[@gd1889]

@@tehlurfry679 John Rockefeller is dusting all of them

[@randygiles8376]

@@gd1889 nah his networth is lower than theirs

[@gd1889]

@@randygiles8376 he’s worth 400 billion adjusted net worth for today

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

"The plebs are revolting! They're going to kill us!" "Then they're Killus' problem, not ours." "Sir..."

[@CreepinCreeper01]

WOW. I legit have never heard that one before 😂

[@BaronFeydRautha]

Lulz.

[@253abd]

Much lools 11/10

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

I'm Furius

[@PHAToregon]

👌

[@AngyIronman]

So basically, Starz nailed it and gave us free porn at the same time.

[@yaboymo93]

Despite the bad CGI that didnt age well, it's still one of my favorite shows.

[@studinthemaking]

The hbo show Rome pretty accurate also.

[@lindsleycravensii2985]

Love both shows, and loved this episode the same. Very well done Biographics. Been looking forward to this one for a long time.

[@MartinsGarage97]

@@studinthemaking I rewatch Rome all the time (some scenes I fast forward) and all these years later, its still breathtaking. I mean the old buildings, streets, interior and you think your in old rome. Just amazing and better the GOT.

[@MrEvanfriend]

No. Basically, Starz got almost everything drastically wrong as an excuse for giving you free porn.

[@bloomune]

It has to be pretty difficult to do a biography on someone who existed before modern recorded history. You mainly get handed down stories and have to work with that. I do appreciate all the work you guys put into being accurate.

[@Vsure420]

Well history in general is in the hand of the writer unless you witnessed it it's likely someone's pen has altered history to some extent. Imo.

[@spearshaker7974]

In 2000 years they will look back and say look how primitive those millennials were. They didn’t even eat their aborted children.

[@bandwagon240]

@@spearshaker7974 - Maybe you don't...

[@CreepinCreeper01]

You are correct but don't forget that everything written in the Christian Bible is factual and true.

[@bloomune]

@@CreepinCreeper01 oh yes. Could in no way have been written by men with agendas.

[@ivelinkarageorgiev_]

Spartacus was Thracian, born in Sandanski, Morden day Bulgaria, on the border with Greece. There is a statue of him on the road when you enter the town from Sofia - Thessaloniki main motorway. What is important- Spartacus was one of the first fighters for freedom and equality in human history.

[@ivelinkarageorgiev_]

@@user-Prometheus I’m not querying which state it was at the time. It was Thrace or Greece, I guess. The point is he was Thracian: blond hair, blue eye, tall and with typical Thracian / Arian features.

[@ivelinkarageorgiev_]

@@user-Prometheus All current Europeans came from north India and where named as indo-European and also aryans as these were partially lands where the country of Iran lies. This has nothing to do with the nazi idiology, which is simply a psychopathology. Nowadays all white or indo-Europeans are named as Caucasian race, which also make sense as the first indo-Europeans landed initially in the Caucasian region. These indo-Europeans were later named as Thracians and they inhabited the north Balkans. The divergence of indo-Europeans continued (around 5k years b.c.) and indo-European language split to the current high variety of eu languages. Greeks were North African tribes and they came in Europe after the initial indo-European migration. And they mixed with indo-Europeans. Greek language is in fact also a branch of the indo-European language three. In the same way as the Germanic, Slavic and Latin group of languages (Spanish, Italian and Portuguese). In fact, we all Europeans have close origins. The first blue eyes mutation occurred in indo-Europeans when they came in the Caucasian region (around 10k years b.c.). In fact, indo-European was spoken as single language till 7k b.c. but after 5k-4.5k b.c. the indoeuropäische Language Split. The last group of languages which split is the Slavic one (only 1k years ago) and this explains why all Slavic languages are mutually understandable to a very great extend.

[@ivelinkarageorgiev_]

@@user-Prometheus apologies, just to add, nazi ideology was a complete madness but presented to a people in difficult situation (the German people) by a highly speculative and manipulative person, triggers insane actions, which we know from history. In the same way Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage managed to lie all English people to leave eu (brexit) and right now in the same way Putin is brainwashing one whole country and is leading Russian people to kill their own brothers: Ukrainians. This just evidences how naives we all humans are and how dictators and politics can make us believe in even most insane ideas… I’m really desperate that this continues to happen in 2022.

[@agonzalez8924]

spartacus is remembered as a fighter of freedom and equality, but far from being one of the thirst. historians often refer to the spartacus rebellion as the third serville war. slaves had revolted in two previous wars. the third war was the most of famous and successful, because even though spartacus' forces were defeated, it forced the senate to enact laws that gave slaves certain rights and improved the treatment of slaves throughout the republic.

[@tominieminen66]

*In recorded history

[@matthewwallack601]

“Nobody mentions the success of Crassus.” Pompey would be happy to hear that.

[@studinthemaking]

Julia C would smile at that fact.

[@2ezee2011]

Crassus got his just rewards for being so rich at the hands of the Parthians (after his son was butchered days before by the same Parthians ....bad version of "Fortune favors the bold" ...not all the time.

[@dfiala9890]

Most under rated comment on the video

[@kirkarvint.2017]

Chicken pot pie?

[@matthewwallack601]

Kirk Arvin T. Yes.

[@mrnukes797]

Spartacus the man who started the revolution a revolution that inspired the revolutions to come for generations. You can say Spartacus became a deity for revolution itself.

[@danielhogan6255]

The patron saint of revolutionary's....a slave who fought for freedom, and in the process, created the spark that would ignite the flame of liberty in the hearts of the oppressed for millenia to come. Spartacus. Ave libertalia

[@jasonortega7528]

"You know that in another life you and I may have been as brothers" - Crixus

[@aurelius672]

said by Crixus to Spartacus

[@wokahmescudi757]

@@aurelius672 😂😂

[@andypender]

Crassus to Spartacus in the end

[@alexingram127]

Yet not in this life

[@sayuas4293]

Probably in real life they were actually as brothers and the conflict in the series was just for storywriting

[@MrEvanfriend]

Gladiatorial fights were rarely to the death - less than 10% resulted in a fighter being killed. Gladiators were valuable property, and the sponsor of the games had to pay their owners if they were killed.

[@iamchillydogg]

The fights actually had referees.

[@MrRedsjack]

Usually gladiator fights are merged together with other similar fights, the proper gladiators didn't die often however random people condemned to fight in the pit where expected to die and often not well armed.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@@MrRedsjack That's an entirely different thing. Throwing condemned prisoners in to be killed by gladiators was entirely different from a fight between two gladiators. Those were rarely fatal, because nobody wanted to pay for dead gladiators.

[@Zach-Fetters]

@@MrEvanfriend I think you guys are saying g the same thing here

[@saraa.4295]

True.. But with a 10% fatality chance job you still can't expect a high age....

[@PSIRockOmega]

Crassus, looking at a burning building: "It's free real estate."

[@birdmn9930]

Imagine if he was around when Nero was

[@devinblankenship7335]

I laughed to hard at this

[@cristhianramirez6939]

The funny thing is that the meme is accurate

[@maxtew6521]

I saw Tim's face when it got to this part of the video, too.

[@michaelmarks5012]

That was an early form of fire insurance.

[@reck1224]

RIP Andy Whitfield. That’s my Spartacus!

[@BJETNT]

That's a classy comment my friend. I mean not not making fun of you in the slightest. The guy fought to the very end I saw a special on it. sometimes I have a hard time getting out of bed then I remember things like that and I feel like a complete dick. May he rest in peace

[@BJETNT]

@Kristie C when did bulter play Spartacus? I think you have this completely confused with the Battle of Thermopylae completely different people and time frame. But yeah Gerard Butler was great in that part!! One of my top five movies of all time. Spartacus and Leonidas were true heroes!!! Nowadays most people won't even fight the shave their own lives much less thousands of others. I can honestly say there's no way I would rather go out then the way they did. It truly was an honorable death, because their deaths and actions saved the lives of so many others. If I had a time machine they are two men I would love to get a picture shaking hands with.

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

@@BJETNT how do you shave a life?

[@ricoavila7898]

@Kristie C there is no Gerald version woman. You are confused

[@mitsanut5869]

@Kristie C There was no one better than Andy Whitfield as Spartacus. His demeanor in front of camera brought the Spartacus back to life. I was in my mid fifties when I saw the series as it unfolded each Friday and I was impatient like a little kid, watching the clock so I could watch the upcoming episode. Got the entire series on discs, watched it several times since and Andy was absolutely phenomenal, along with everyone else. He radiated that arrogance of a strong man who knows he doesn't belong where he is at the moment yet he also portrayed the humble leader personality that enabled him (in real Spartacus life) ignite such huge following. No other Spartacus actor could do that, Spartacus was always portrayed by Hollywood cheesy standards in very unreal way. It's a great entertainment the first time you watch it, but only when you watch it the next time, things come together even better and one can start appreciating the full scale of perfection with which this series was made.

[@KesselRunner606]

Personally, I find the story of Spartacus The most fascinating in all of history. A man who came from absolutely *nothing,* the lowest of the low, but who made himself, for a short, brief period, the scourge of the Ancient World's most powerful empire. A gladiator who turned Roman Italy itself into his own arena. It's the stuff of legend, and a powerful message down through the ages, that in the face of tyranny, one man *can* make a difference.

[@TheHonestTruth]

Poetic af

[@ChuckHackney]

Me as well, quite possibly history's first believer in freedom for all and had the courage to act on it. I, too, believe him to be ancient history's greatest hero. I can not get enough information on this incredible historical figure.

[@ChuckHackney]

The TV show does place Vesuvius as a key part of his strategy for safety and defensive purposes. Other real life figures are worked into the show. Glaber played a key roll in the 3rd season, "Vengeance". And they actually descended down the mountain via vines, as depicted in the show. Crissus is one of his key followers even though they disagreed a lot. I cannot get enough of the TV show and the actors in Spartacus. It feels like I am peering into a time machine and being there, seing how it actually was. ❤

[@MaxPotentialGreatness]

@@ChuckHackneyi agree i hold Spartacus in higher regard more than Alexander the Great and all the other warlords and conquerors. Spartacus stood for the mistreated common man . The people without a voice . Dude had ever card stacked against him . He’s one of the greatest men who ever lived . He took evil on head first. Not for himself but for others . Those other guys like Caesar , alexander , pompey , crassus only cared about self glory thats why they perished so horribly. Spartacus was a better man than all of em

[@rolanddeschain9139]

Anybody else think the statue of Spartacus looks magnificent and scary?

[@aaronb2334]

Powerful eyes

[@christophermullaley1597]

Looks like Kirk Douglas.

[@macvena]

@@christophermullaley1597 TRUE! Lol

[@josephreynolds1220]

It captures his defiance pretty well I’d say.

[@shaitarn1869]

@Christopher Mullaley I was just thinking that myself!

[@mariannaporto3870]

I shall forever think of Andy Whitfield whenever I hear about Spartacus. RIP, legend. Thank you for the great video as usual!

[@Venakis1]

Indeed brother, he was such a great Spartacus.

[@billlam7756]

The bringer of rain!

[@voiavictor]

What's great about that show is how historically acurate it is with the chronology of events.

[@sburns2421]

All four seasons were great, but Season 1 was the best. Definitely a guilty pleasure for me.

[@Omega_419]

​@@billlam7756 Slayer of Theokoles!

[@thschnick]

I read the title as "Spartacus: The Slave Who Made Rome Terrible"

[@jessicaplymale]

Same. I had to double check just now.

[@Diogenes-totes]

Same here. I was a bit shocked actually.

[@oweno4478]

Schnick how have you managed that 😂

[@chronosschiron]

lol damn you had me check too

[@joshyboy9804]

You're not alone.

[@rouskeycarpel1436]

As a Haitian whose ancestors revolution against slavery was inspired by Spartacus(in fact our founding father toussaint louverture is called the black Spartacus)I thank,respect and admire Spartacus for his bravery.

[@dwaynecunningham2164]

Respect.

[@hattorihanzo562]

So sad to see the state haiti is in nowadays you dont deserve that

[@calebwinfield1403]

"It's like the end of Spartacus. I have seen that movie half a dozen times and I still don't know who the real Spartacus is."

[@funnybunnie4801]

Flesh Weasel this comment deserves way more upvotes

[@gjin4551]

Nobody knows who spartacus is

[@nikotnikuf]

I am Spartacus

[@calebwinfield1403]

@@funnybunnie4801 I was really hoping Simon would notice, but nay says he.

[@Anon26535]

@@nikotnikuf no, I'm Spartacus.

[@mikdan8813]

(stands up) I am Spartacus!

[@1009maple]

I am spartacus.

[@accordingtosophia]

I AM SPARTACUS!

[@RickReasonnz]

I AM SPARTACUS!

[@christophermullaley1597]

What's up Corey Booker?

[@danepittman1383]

I am.... IRONMAN!

[@cagrant4472]

This one really got me invested in the story --- the measure of how good it is, is that even though the outcome of Spartacus's rebellion is quite literally history, as the narration went on, I found myself so lost in it that even knowing how the story ends, I was sort of cheering Spartacus and his troops on just the same.

[@rezwanmahmudpathan5365]

Spartacus had no troops,, he formed a brotherhood kind of army,, they followed him not by force,, but by will,,,

[@jakemiles1427]

I appreciate the fact that you are honest about the fact that we don't know much about him and any mention can't be completely taken as fact.

[@sylvainprigent6234]

Objection your honor ! Slave battles were not always to the death in actual fact. Buying, training, and sustaining a gladiator was expensive so they were kinda treated like big game sports stars. Only the worthless slaves or condemned were consistantly put to death. But the more professional gladiators were not cheap and not to be disposed of so easily by sacrificing half of your slaves at every single game

[@annescholey6546]

You Thracian what colour is sand? It's light you said white you're out! Asterix the Gladiator 1967

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:50 - Chapter 1 - Early years 2:55 - Chapter 2 - Life as a slave 4:00 - Chapter 3 - The start of the uprising 5:00 - Chapter 4 - The battle of mount vesuvius 7:20 - Chapter 5 - The 2nd expedition 9:05 - Mid roll ads 10:20 - Chapter 6 - The death of crixus 12:20 - Chapter 7 - Fighting the consular armies 14:20 - Chapter 8 - Marcus Licinius Crassus 17:25 - Chapter 9 - Victory for both sides 18:50 - Chapter 10 - The arrival for pompey 20:30 - Chapter 11 - The fate of spartacus

[@qbnmusica]

Thank you

[@UltimatePowa]

If you wanna talk about a butterfly effect, the guy that enslaved Spartacus had no idea he changed the course of history with his seemingly insignificant action, giving the generals the loyalty of the soldiers from fighting the rebellions, and thus changing the course of Rome, and the entirety of human history thereafter.

[@passiveaggressiveflamingo6851]

Incredibly insightful and thought provoking. Well said, my friend

[@claudiapecoraro5859]

You can still visit the roman amphitheatre were Spartacus used to fight as a slave. It's in my hometown, the ancient Capua - around 30km away from Naples.

[@graphixkillzzz]

I'm amazed at how accurate the 3.5 seasons of Spartacus was. almost everything mentioned makes a memory of the show pop into mind 🤔😎👍

[@Playa001]

I will forever be in absolute awe of Spartacus, and those brave men and women who follows him in his conquest of Blood and Freedom. All hail Spartacus. One of the first true freedom fighters..

[@susanmenegus5543]

👍

[@daletoro]

I'm Spartacus

[@Playa001]

@@daletoro no I’m Spartacus

[@flighttherapybullisticfpv133]

I see youve been taking your audience suggestions into account when planning your ads and your delivery formula.. love your videos man i find myself watching 1 a day and it doesnt feel like time wasted on the internet, which is rare. Thanks Simon!

[@theseduxe1111]

You forgot to mention that when a soldier was chosen as the one to be decimated, it was the other members of the cohort who had to beat them to death..... that's what made it so "effective"

[@igustibagusananda7706]

Damn...

[@DanielAspajo9930]

I love the Spartacus series by Starz and makes me so happy to know how much work they put in the history and it's characters

[@Gaibreel]

One of my fav shows! It's incredible

[@jonreese7066]

Crassus was the richest man in Rome, Fought Spartacus. Defeated by the Parthians and got turned into prop for a Parthian theater

[@rouskeycarpel1436]

As a Haitian who’s founding father Toussaint Louverture was called the black Spartacus as he also led a slave revolt,I salute Spartacus and all those slaves who were brave enough to try to reclaim the freedom God gave us at birth.

[@user.0704]

God isn't real

[@secretagent86]

Between natural disasters and endemic corruption Haiti is doomed. Another honest strong leader is needed there

[@hattorihanzo562]

@@secretagent86yeah its sad to see the state haiti is in

[@Vic_Chaos_]

@@user.0704 He's more real than your intelligence, regardless of what your limited brain allows you to perceive, or your limitless arrogance allows you to accept.

[@englishatheart]

Whose*

[@phantombeard6262]

Bio on Louis Riel, Metis leader who lead the Red River Rebellion in the time of Early Canada, thanks Biographics!

[@ShadowDawn01]

A video on Mark "Chopper" Reid would be a fascinating video to see btw, but anyway keep up the amazing work guys!

[@DutchBane]

Yeah that guy was a nutcase😱 good idea

[@shebbs1]

Probably a tad too local.

[@GhastlyCretin]

He was an interesting character but there's about 20 books about him and he admitted that he made up a lot of his stories. Cutting off your own ears to get transfered to another prison hardly makes him an interesting historical figure. Count Dankula has a series on KZbin called "absolute mad lads" and he has a good video on Chopper and other lunatics if you have any interest in checking that out.

[@pacco9532]

Great idea!

[@joeygula581]

The reason everybody remembers him and not the man who killed him when they think of the man who killed them they think of the guy who got gold shut down his throat till he died the reason Spartacus is remembered he is a symbol of freedom

[@jendersonmohammed443]

Thank you Simon! Spartacus is one my favourite figures from ancient history!

[@Zach-Fetters]

@BLUE DOG yeah, that's a nihilists take

[@Zach-Fetters]

@BLUE DOG you get out of it what you want. Of you want something damming you'll find it, if you want salvation you'll find that too.

[@Zach-Fetters]

@BLUE DOG you're not getting it. Your need to be right is going to be a problem in your life.

[@Zach-Fetters]

@BLUE DOG your just proving my point now

[@Zach-Fetters]

@BLUE DOG I'm not even religious dude. I just understand that the problem isn't a book or an ideology, it's people. People have also used religion to do some of the greatest things using religion as their base.

[@TSF13]

It’s a common misconception that gladiators fought to the death. Some bouts were but most of them were not. It was incredibly costly to buy, house, feed and train a gladiator. They were treated exceptionally well as they were prized assets. It’s not a good return on investment for your fighters to be constantly getting killed. So most fights were not to the death.

[@freyjafirefly9201]

"I'm Brian and so is my wife !!!"

[@hollylouise7061]

Freyja Firefly no I’m Brian

[@LovQ-upid]

No... I'M Brian

[@BJETNT]

I don't get the joke but my name is Brian. Surprising coincidence. I was just reading comments and ran across this.

[@bananasinpajamas9499]

@@BJETNT It's from The life Of Brian, great film you should see it

[@BJETNT]

@@bananasinpajamas9499 I will thanks

[@hithere324]

Your videos are great! Each video must take a long time to gather information. You definitely deserve more view!

[@willratcliffe6124]

At the end of the day,they fought their way to freedom only to turn around and head back towards Rome, strategic brilliance or stupidity...you decide

[@erichayes8445]

He was a hero a symbol of liberty for the most vulnerable classes of people and the courage to fight and if necessary die for it.

[@MosoKaiser]

3:43 Isn't the gladiator fights almost always being fought to the death a myth? Slaves weren't cheap, let alone those fit and healthy ones you wanted for gladiators, plus you had to train, feed and house them, so you'd want to keep them around. The last thing you'd want to happen is your famous star gladiator who's guaranteed to draw in the crowds to be killed off in some random fight.

[@alexisjuillard4816]

It is a myth most fights were till first blood

[@MosoKaiser]

@@alexisjuillard4816 The truth's probably somewhere in the middle.

[@alexisjuillard4816]

MosoKaiser that’s not always the case. Certainly not here, gladiators were prime propriety, made you rich famous took massives amount of time, money, and crew to train them . Their owners made it so that most games resulted in zero deaths, except the occasional accident. Some fights were to the death, but rarely and for big events. Hell free men even sold themselves willingly into slavery to be a gladiator and repay debt or just win cash. Don’t think they would have done it there was a death one fight out of 2

[@Hearth123]

There were tiers to the fights, some of them were just poor saps given swords and some were well trained expensive investments

[@josephskiles]

This is the kind of content I subbed to this channel for, thanks to all involved!

[@LucasSampaioMaia]

The line about no rebels having cuts on their backs send me chills

[@gaymer42069]

The crucification of over 36,000 people is just an insane thing to picture

[@yoloswaggins7121]

The ancient world was unfathomably brutal. Imagine if the Romans had access to modern weaponry?

[@LordHydrik]

Gladiator games weren't to the death, it was first blood to win. Granted this was an engaging video

[@blakeparker4748]

I watched this video a few months ago, and it really made me a fan of this channel. Rewatching it, and it's just as good.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

I thought Spartacus' second in command was the ancient teacher Tonycurtis.

[@tricivenola8164]

"And where did you learn that, Antonitus?" "From my fadder, who awso tawt me da classics."

[@HistoryLover1550]

Very well done video on one of the most storied and enduring of historical military figures. Despite his defeat, Spartacus has always been a hero for me and his tactical genius in taking on the Roman army is nothing short of incredible. Even though there are many questions about him we will always ask, I proudly say he was certainly a man who epitomizes attributes and virtues everyone should live by and exhibit.

[@intrillicthegreat2220]

"A man must except his fate or be destroyed by it."

[@NoName-jh3jz]

accept

[@parfner666]

I will struggle and defy fate... Whether it destroys me in the process or not..

[@justanotherbrickinthewall2843]

"Accept your fate. Or be destroyed by spectors of the past never to return."

[@tylerdurden4741]

Best quote from the spartacus series on Starz in my opinion. They brilliantly brought all characters to life, from Spartacus to crixus, to oenemaus to gannicus. Each series finale had the most epic ending

[@JuniorJuni070]

BLUE DOG blue dog.. you made more sense than the entire bible on 1 page.

[@BillHimmel]

Why Spartacus didn‘t use the opportunity to escape over the alps is one of the great mysteries of history!

[@captainamerica6525]

Splitting their forces was probably a necessity. The provisioning of such a large number of people in mass had to be pretty tough to do.

[@jdenmark1287]

Those are some serious numbers of troops, not really believable to be honest. The amount of food you would need to keep that many men going is at a minimum 3 pounds a day times 70k to 120k equals 210,000 to 360,000 lbs of food a day.

[@captainamerica6525]

@@jdenmark1287 . Agreed. I know the Romans had a tendency to overstate the abilities of their enemies but say even 2/3s of the stated number would still be a tough go.

[@jdenmark1287]

@@captainamerica6525 no doubt

[@Cleric314]

The Stanley Kubrick Spartacus with Kirk Douglas was one of my favorite movies as a kid, I remember renting it from Blockbuster on vhs, it's a long movie so it was two VHS tapes rubber banded together lol

[@MrWumpa-tn1ib]

Imagine in all that chaos/fighting there was a young man in the standard Roman military named Julius Caesar 😶

[@windanare]

Julius Gaius Caesar

[@RIPJoe-pt3bo]

@@windanare Gaius Julius Caesar

[@darkknight1439]

@@RIPJoe-pt3bo caesar Gaius julius

[@kingkashi5151]

@@darkknight1439 Julius Caesar Gaius

[@saintedheathen6182]

Spartacus was intelligent & bold. He considered tactics the Romans would not, that's why he was so successful

[@BL-wh2ux]

"The slave who made Rome tremble" is a delicious title.

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

You just made it sound gay.........

[@michaelwackers6475]

Hannibal did no manage to the Romans tremble! Spartacus was a mere louse in the lion's mane!

[@vmorris7639]

OMG Shell you took my suggestion!!! This video is amazing! I love this channel so much!

Netflix series - Sparticus Blood & Sand is an extremely accurate version of this entire story! Plus you get to see Xena (lucy lawless) and other woman actresses topless. Many men are naked in the series as well, so something for everyone!!!

[@unsaltedpepper1957]

eric dietz it’s a Starz series that Netflix just lost its rights to, but goddamn if I haven’t watched the whole series a dozen time and bought the box set

[@michaelwackers6475]

Typical Hollywood 'muscles & sandals' fake history soap!

[@SRosenberg203]

@Axiom Steel26 I mean, it wasn't nearly as bad as you would expect, given the spectacle it was showing. The depictions of Roman social structure and speech patterns weren't half bad.

[@rednecktruthspouter3485]

Such a fitting biography for someone known only what Hollywood prescribes. His legacy so artfully articulated in a manner, in which, only Simon can communicate and dispellcthe odious ideals left on our pallet by Hollywood

[@davidhughes1284]

Best narrator on you tube...love all your videos Simon. Thanks for the great content.

[@ericcsudduth5166]

Even though Spartacus was a great general and tactician, I lost a great deal of respect for him when he could have made his great escape across the alps three times . Instead, he jumped back into the fire.

[@CarolusRex90]

I thought this was going to about Corey Booker...

[@reneenayfabnaynay5679]

Who is Corey Booker?

[@ddylla85]

Haha knew it would be somewhere in the comments

[@doraran2138]

R Pigeon: He's a forgettable, wealthy elitist, child of privilege, pretending to be 'down with the struggle', demagogue running for US president

[@CarolusRex90]

@@reneenayfabnaynay5679 google C Booker I am Spartacus

[@TheAnubis57]

I think you mean Asparagus. Mr. Booker is a vegetarian.

[@fishsticks850]

My favorite common saying on this show "we can not say with any certainty". Love that you acknowledge when there is speculation!

[@omaralkatmeh6913]

*How did u get demonitized so quickly*

[@sesh1749]

omar alkatmeh, youtube fears knowledge

[@Vsure420]

@@sesh1749 Preach. It's getting a bit disgusting.

[@judithhuling-cadieux1700]

This is a joke. Foul discusting supposedly funny continue to be monetized, but...solid, good content that actually teaches, and that are entertaining, they demonize. Smh

[@artman7780]

KZbin wants everyone to be their dumb slaves listening to trashy music.

[@chronosschiron]

they hit me too what they are doing instead of demonitization as im not yet they are wacking me for watch time recording they jsut stop for hours at a time this place is becoming a BL33ping joke

[@mikestubbs356]

Really enjoyed this! Will be looking for more of your talks.

[@Wardner213]

Could you please do a bio on Ip Man? Thank you :)

[@bookswithbenjamin8902]

🤣

[@malignustotalis331]

Burnin' Leather 🤪😂

[@norgepalm7315]

Maybe after superman

[@xonerex7501]

You people realize Ip Man was a real person right?

[@BichaelStevens]

@@norgepalm7315 y'know he's real, right? The man who taught Bruce Lee? Or do you think Bruce Lee was an elf from the Middle Earth? 🙄🙄🙄

[@berniecruz8405]

I think that if Spartacus would have had enough Gladiators who were as skilled as he was, in fighting, then he would have successfully escaped and freed himself from the Roman Empire. I think he only was defeated because the of the inadequacies of those around him who didn't have the level of fighting skills that he had.

[@Smurfen249]

No, Rome was in massive all out war at the same time, you had the Pontus in Anatolia and Greece, Celtiberians and Setorious in Spain and they also had the Boioi in Northern Italy , there were simply no consul to lead an army legally and repell him for 2years, Pompei was alrdy a proconsul for a prolonged war in Hispania. Crassus was promoted to the office of Praetor the same winter wich did hold imperium but both of the Consular armies were not in Italy, he had to raise one on his own and as soon as he did Spartacus fell. In the early days of Spartacus no one holding imperium wants to chase bandits and slaves because there was no credit nor fame by defeating them. To legally controll an army in ancient Rome you had to hold the officer of either Praetor or Consul and their were only 2 Consuls and 2 Praetors, the bulk of the army was divided by the 2 Consuls.

[@yoloswaggins7121]

​@@Smurfen249 There were actually 8 Praetors at this time and then Caesar expanded it to 16.

[@Smurfen249]

@@yoloswaggins7121 Propraetors was staioned as governors of provinces, Praetors in Rome were few because no one wanted to be a governor in Rome and guard sheep and chase bandits when their term had expired

[@TheMostOrdinaryMan]

This man has taught me more on youtube than I learned in 4 years of high school.

[@menace4552]

Logan Adams finally someone said it

[@anncokafor]

Your teacher didn't show youtube videos? I use it all the time to supplement my teaching.

[@TheMostOrdinaryMan]

@@anncokafor Not in 2006 lol I could see it being useful nowadays though.

[@michaelwackers6475]

Self-delusion!

[@JenocidalTendencies]

And I literally started rewatching Spartacus just this past week.

[@BJETNT]

Great show!! I loved it.

[@ginagee8737]

Me too for like the 10th time.

[@Jay-n262]

Can't imagine why everyone hated Rome, they only made slaves out of everyone they conquered. They had it coming. Spartacus' name lives on long forever.

[@incarnate9914]

Everyone should watch Spartacus series. Awesome show

[@Mikesmoke71]

Great show!!

[@dcarson89]

Very gay though, no?

[@dcarson89]

@Dylan Thomas they through the word cock around a bit too much I felt!

[@incarnate9914]

@@dcarson89 "Not even Jupiter himself would rip open the heavens and dangle his cock from the skies"

[@azaelalejandriamanogura]

Well, Crassus died with melted gold in his mouth. Pompey was killed by a Roman called Ceasar. And Ceasar was betrayed and killed by the senate. That's more painful than dying for freedom. However, his body was not found. Maybe he live as a freeman.

[@dmal4008]

Amazing video as usual! Can you do a video on Brian boru? The only king to unite ireland

[@naevia9010]

One thing to note, there were more than 5000 rebels who initially escaped the battle at Silarius, though unfortunately no one knows how many more. There's also some debate that Pompey drafted the 5000 rebels he captured into his army rather than killed them. The claim that he killed the survivors was his justification for claiming that he ended the war, which the Senate bought into because they were sick of Crassus. Interestingly, there are reports that several rebels survived Crassus's crucifixion and escaped with the help of uncaptured rebels, sympathetic bystanders, and bribed guards. Remnants of Spartacus's army actually continued pillaging southern Italy for almost another decade, not nowhere near the scale that they did before Silarius.

[@jordank3203]

i was always the kid who loved history and we know things before they would even be teaching it in school and instead of text books i read wiki pages. But as an adult who doesnt have time for such research i can always count on your channel

[@kodyeldridge5847]

"...It's like the end of Spartacus. I have seen that movie half a dozen times and I still don't know who the real Spartacus is. And that is what makes that movie a classic whodunnit." - Michael G. Scott

[@patf1288]

Do a video on Crassus next...

[@satka94]

2:26 Spartacus is born nearby city called Sandanski where the Rhodope Mountains are alongside other famous historical people as "Orpheus"

[@ianentwistle5052]

Fantastic! Thanks for this Simon. I was hoping you would do this.

[@deansnipah2895]

I remember watching a documentary once and they mentioned that him and his troops marched up and down along the coast of italy like 4 times during their "reign". I just found it amazing how far they marched and especially when the Empire controlled all of it

[@sarahthorneycroft4989]

Really want more like this! That era is so interesting!! Keep it up 😍

[@zachdietrich4648]

interesting side points: all gladiators at the time were classified as "Thracian" or "Gaul," but there were certainly Latin, Italian, Greek, and even Romans who went into debt slavery in this period. it is also likely some of them were gladiators-- as were soldiers who despite individual valor made poor soldiers. so despite being a "Thracian," there is a possibility Spartacus was both a trained Roman officer or at least an auxiliary commander. which would go a long way towards explaining why he was capable of beating Roman Legions and also chosen to lead.

[@brojack3571]

I know he made the Rome overwhelmed but in the end that's all is useless because Spartacus had a less resources and personnel to torn apart the Rome like barbarian...

[@brojack3571]

I guess Spartacus too bear with his ambition without prepare anything right

Gladiator battles were not... ‘often to the death.’ And it’s ONI-MAY- OUS!

[@linkofvev]

A common misconception indeed.

[@kevkev3797]

I'm here because of the AMC show Spartacus and it was amazing to hear the details that aligned with that show. Great video

[@Bryan-ww9ql]

Impeccable content is the usual around here sirs

[@mrhassell]

Appian was aware of the work of Plutarch, indeed they both lived in the same era, both were Greek and both became citizen's of Rome. It's for this reason, Appian's telling of Spartacus, omitted what had already been covered by Plutarch, who was first to tell the legendary tales and exploits (story) of Spartacus.

[@pamelamays4186]

Funny, his statues look nothing like Kirk Douglas. 😉

[@gerardmurphy8278]

Pamela Mays 😂

[@BJETNT]

Most people reading this probably don't get the joke. They are probably too young LOL. I am 43 and I remember seeing that movie as a kid.

[@ashleysmith8402]

Gladiator is another Spartacus movie they just changed Russell Crowe's character's name to maximillian.

[@annescholey6546]

No chin

[@RustySpine]

When u wrote this comment he was still alive😳 crazy RIP

[@jamessutton3461]

The battles of gladiators usually was not actually to the death; they were slaves, but they were well trained and expensive and therefore not as expendable as commonly believed. The fights were usually until there was a satisfactory defeat or wounding.

[@LostDisciple24]

The accounts say that he FELL in the last battle. That doesn't necessarily mean he died. His body was never found and recovered. I'm not saying he lived much longer after the battle, but what I think happened is that he did survive the battle but died shortly after in a nearby village from his wounds. Then again, part of me also thinks that he did die in battle....a warrior's death...there is no greater honor. What I find incredibly fascinating is that he is just some random guy in history that just so happened to frighten Rome...and yet we know next to nothing about him. I find this fascinating, fun and frustrating at the same time.

[@SRosenberg203]

That's why the final scene in the show was so amazing. Mortally wounded fighting to the end, but carried away by his surviving followers to die and be buried in peace, so that the Romans couldn't despoil his body and parade his head around like a trophy.

[@jamesgrassia844]

Very informative as usual. Thank you.

[@kristofferp5030]

Just to clarify, the murmillo did not use a broadsword as that is a basket-hilted sword invented in the early modern era (~16th-18th century). The murmillo used a gladius along with a scutum. "Broadsword" is probably one of the most misunderstood historical terms ever.

[@MrEvanfriend]

That's ridiculous pedantry, using neologisms for various sword types, most of which are stupid, and applying them to history. While it's true that the specific type of sword used by a murmillo is called a gladius hispaniensis, it is a broad bladed sword. What you pedantically call a "broadsword" was called a claidh mor in Scottish Gaelic, or "claymore" in English. The word "claymore" evolved over time to mean something else, and "broadsword" was adopted post hoc to mean what was originally called a claymore. Broadsword is a term used by people who aren't pedants to refer to a usually double-edged sword with a reasonably broad blade. Everyone knows exactly what it means, and it's a good term for that - far better than the ridiculous term "arming sword" used by pedants, which is an absolutely useless phrase that basically means "weapon weapon". So yeah, shut up.

[@kristofferp5030]

@@MrEvanfriend Why are you so rude and aggressive for literally no reason? I'm being very polite and civil here and you know as well as i that this isn't how you speak to strangers in your day-to-day life so do tone it down. And broadsword is not a good term to refer to literally any sword with a somewhat broad blade, because the term broadsword is already applied to something. If we all of a sudden started calling cars motorcycles you could surely see how that would cause confusion. If the term "broadsword" wasn't already used to describe an existing and very specific type of sword, that would be fine, but it is. And the gladius is also a very unique type of sword. There's a massive difference between a 17th century broadsword and a gladius. There is over a thousand years between them and they are designed around completely different fighting styles and equipment.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@@kristofferp5030 A gladius is a distinct sword type for certain, but your pedantry is still obnoxious.

[@kristofferp5030]

​@@MrEvanfriend I think you're projecting a bit here. Obviously there are some people who found my comment somewhat insightful given the thumbs up i received. If you didn't, that's fine, but i'd appreciate it if you didn't resort to personal insults because of perceived pedantry. History and historical weaponry is a big interest of mine so of course i'm gonna raise an eyebrow if someone who people look up to as a sort of teacher figure with a huge following is misusing terminology. These videos are presented as history and can be found in the educational category on KZbin so they are going to be held to a higher standard. Don't take it personally. Anyways i'm gonna leave it at that, have a good day. Edit: And just to clarify my stance: it's not like i think calling a gladius a broadsword is some great injustice or harmful misinformation, i thought it's more of a "fun fact" that a broadsword is actually something completely different and that the sword in question, the gladius is a very specific type of sword. I think most people have seen a gladius as it's a very iconic sword prominently featured in media, so it may be fun to know more about it and it would make me very happy if someone who didn't know what a gladius or broadsword was saw our comment chain and decided to pursue further knowledge on the subject matter.

[@JS-wp4gs]

@@MrEvanfriend Thats not what a broadsword is at all and the roman gladius was not even remotely a broadsword by any stretch of the imagination Stop making things up

[@janewright315]

Correction, gladiator battles were rarely to the death- it was very expensive to keep, train, house, etc a gladiator for the ludis. To the death fights were mainly to execute criminals and the like.

[@kenxclout]

Which Roman emperor had convulsions? Julius Seizure.

[@MrEvanfriend]

Caesar was rumored to be epileptic.

[@jjmacjjmac]

Evan Friend thanks, Capt. Obvious.

[@Duce23]

Ken Fulton {Baby Elder} Julius Caesar wasn’t an emperor

[@oluwaseunajayi2358]

This is my new favorite channel

[@nixdapogs]

My love of everything Andy Whitfield brought me here. RIP🙏🏻

[@W1LDTANG]

*_"I... AM.... SPARTA-C-U-S!" ~ Andy Whitfield (March.-12th./2010)_*