Spartacus 
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3/12/2023
What Makes a Rebel Into a Hero?
by Stephen Dando-Collins
The same political process that made a hero out of the rebel Julius Caesar made villains out of his assassins, and burnished the reputations of some other rebels against the Roman Empire.
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SOURCE: Simon and Schuster (Special to HNN)
12/5/2018
Spartacus indeed freed slaves, but there's more to his complicated story than that says historian
An interview with Barry Strauss.
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SOURCE: WSJ
1-25-13
After ‘Spartacus’ Ends, There’s a Chance Caesar May Take His Place
The posters for “Spartacus: War of the Damned” promise that the newest batch of episodes will take viewers to the bitter end. But at last night’s premiere for the final season of the series, “Spartacus” creator Steven S. DeKnight was already thinking about the future.DeKnight told Speakeasy that some preliminary talks are already underway to possibly spinoff a series focusing on Gaius Julius Caesar, who in “Spartacus” is played by Australian actor Todd Lasance. “It’s in the early conversations of a possibility. Rob Tapert, my producing partner and I, we love this world we’ve created together, and we would love to spin it off in some direction with the same style and the same feel as the show. Caesar is definitely a strong possibility.”...
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