{"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":"<p>Lecture Date: April 10, 2014<\/p>\n<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>\u00a0To 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. \u00a0Who was Spartacus? He wasn\u2019t 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\u2019s 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>\n<h2 style=\"color: #b81237;font-family: MuseoSlab;font-weight: 900\">Lecture Pictures<\/h2>\n<p>[flickr_set id=&#8221;72157644304911065&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #B81237;font-family: MuseoSlab;font-weight: 900\">Speaker: Barry Strauss<\/h2>\n<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>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Barry Strauss is Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies and Chair of the Department of History, Cornell University. \u00a0He 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, \u201cNo one presents the military history of the ancient world with greater insight and panache than Strauss\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture Date: April 10, 2014 &nbsp; \u00a0To 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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