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Eight Days That Made Rome: Rome: The Spartacus RevoltSeries 1, episode 2Directed by (unconfirmed) Gareth Johnson Bettany Hughes looks at the day in 73BC that Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator fighting for the entertainment of the Romans, broke out of gladiator school and started a slave revolt. The Republic's rulers were so panicked by the protest that they offered unprecedented power to a single, ambitious individual - Crassus - who promised victory in what would prove a dark foreshadowing of Rome's slide into dictatorship. Dramatisations featuring Joseph Millson, Adam Basil and Rhydian Jones bring the key moments to life Click to see when Eight Days That Made Rome, Rome: The Spartacus Revolt is coming up on UK TV Cast (unconfirmed)
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