Prologue
of Franklin's novel »Spartacus« (73 v. Chr.)»...some are marked out for subjection... he, who is by nature not his own but another's man, is by nature a slave; and he may be said to be another's man who, being a human being, is also a possession«
(Aristotle Politics, 1254b16–21; 384 B.C.; † 322 v. Chr.)
Year 73 B.C.
Nothing indicates to a insurrection when a small group of gladiators manages their escape from the school in Capua. Rapidly a conflagration develops that spreads across the whole country.
Under the leadership of the Thracian Spartacus, they defeated the roman armies, victorious all over the world, time and time again. For almost three years, they mastered the italian peninsula and the centre of the then world power, Rome.
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