Spartacus: The Gladiator

16 hrs. 48 min.

Language Russian

Author Ben Kane

Narrator Stanislav Fedorchuk

History has preserved very little information about Spartacus. We know he was from Thrace, the northernmost region of ancient Greece; that he was sold into slavery and forced to fight in arenas; and that over the course of two years the army of slaves he led was smashing Roman legions, almost bringing Rome to its knees. In this book you meet Spartacus when, a veteran of many wars, he returns to his homeland hoping to start a family and build a home. But on the Thracian throne now sits a new king—the usurper. He immediately orders Spartacus to be seized and sold to a Roman slave trader who is looking for new gladiators. This is how an odyssey begins—one destined to become one of the greatest legends. Spartacus’s fate will inspire revolutionaries from Karl Marx to Che Guevara; his image will be immortalized by Raffaello Giovagnoli and Kirk Douglas. And now Spartacus comes alive on the pages of Ben Kane’s brilliant bestseller. First time in Russian!

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