Rebellious Roman slave. d. c.71BC

• Roman slave leader — 1954 ballet composed by Aram Khachaturian— 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas
• Rebel slave in fight? Roman historian will overlook it
• Crassus defeated him
• 1960 film about the leader of a Roman slave rebellion
• Religious film hit of 1960
• Title gladiator played by Kirk Douglas

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Spartacus is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978). The work follows the exploits of Spartacus , the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War , although the ballet's storyline takes considerable liberties with the ...