{"id":1621,"date":"2014-01-01T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/gl\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2021-02-23T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:19:59","slug":"spartacus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/2014\/01\/01\/spartacus\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartacus"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Lecture Date: April 10, 2014<\/p><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4\/10 Spartacus\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/95507879?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br>\n&nbsp;<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/spartacus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-59610 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/spartacus-197x300.png\" alt=\"spartacus\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/spartacus-197x300.png 197w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/spartacus.png 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\"><\/a>&nbsp;To revolutionaries he was a proletarian rebel. To idealists, he was a liberator who abolished slavery. To moviegoers and television viewers he was a sword-and-sandal icon. Marx and Lenin both praised Spartacus and he was a major figure in Soviet ideology. US President Ronald Reagan considered him a freedom fighter. &nbsp;Who was Spartacus? He wasn&rsquo;t a fictional character but a genuine historical figure. Spartacus led a revolt (73-71 BC) of gladiators and slaves that shocked Roman society at the time and that has echoed through the ages. Barry Strauss&rsquo;s lecture will examine the man, the myth, and the legacy. According to him, the real, historical Spartacus is even more fascinating than the swashbuckling Hollywood creation.<\/p><h2 style=\"color: #b81237;font-family: MuseoSlab;font-weight: 900\">Lecture Pictures<\/h2><p>[flickr_set id=&rdquo;72157644304911065&Prime;]<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h2 style=\"color: #B81237;font-family: MuseoSlab;font-weight: 900\">Speaker: Barry Strauss<\/h2><figure id=\"attachment_59611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59611\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/spartacus1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59611\" src=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/spartacus1.png\" alt=\"Barry Strauss, Cornell University, Author of The Spartacus War\" width=\"184\" height=\"221\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barry Strauss, Cornell University, Author of The Spartacus War<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><i><\/i><\/p><p>Barry Strauss is Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies and Chair of the Department of History, Cornell University. &nbsp;He is the author of seven books, including <i>The Battle of Salamis (2004),The Spartacus War (2009), and Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and the Genius of Leadership (2012), named <\/i>respectively as one of the best books of the year by the <i>Washington Post<\/i>, <i>Books &amp; Culture, and Bloomberg.<\/i> He is currently writing a book on the death of Julius Caesar. <i>Publishers Weekly<\/i> writes, &ldquo;No one presents the military history of the ancient world with greater insight and panache than Strauss&hellip;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture Date: April 10, 2014 &nbsp; &nbsp;To revolutionaries he was a proletarian rebel. To idealists, he was a liberator who abolished slavery. To moviegoers and television viewers he was a sword-and-sandal icon. 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