ROMAE » film http://www.romae.org Digitizing Antiquity Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 This is Spartacus?! http://www.romae.org/2009/08/03/this-is-spartacus/ http://www.romae.org/2009/08/03/this-is-spartacus/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:05:10 +0000 admin http://www.romae.org/?p=137 A new show is slated to hit the tube in January, 2010. It will be on Starz and will give us another ultra-violent glimpse into the ancient Roman world. If the story is familiar to you, it should be. It was originally turned into a movie by director Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas as the gladiator “Spartacus” who led a revolt in central Italy during the Servile Wars.

Starz version of the story looks to zoom in a bit on the life of a gladiator, and of course sensationalizing it a bit to make for an interesting tale for modern sensibilities.

Take a look at the trailer and judge for yourself – this isn’t your daddy’s Spartacus:

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