The Movie ' Spartacus '

“THIS IS SPARTA”, a famous quote from the Hollywood movie 300 (2006), is this movie by Zack Snyder true to what really happen? Sparta was a city-state in south west of Ancient Greece with a strict set of eugenics. Sparta was one of the two biggest and strongest city-states and is considered to have the strongest Army of its time. Persia was the super power of its time, it had expanding borders due to conquering and Persia had it eyes on Greece. After first failing to conquer Greece ten years earlier, Persia had returned to finish the job. The Battle of Thermopylae is the story of Sparta and its allies defending against the much bigger

During the following years, the Athenians decided to take the offensive by attacking the city of Syracuse. They campaigned all throughout western Greece and even the Peloponnese. By 425 B.C., it wasn’t looking good for Sparta and they wanted to bring about peace. They soon, however, gained victory of Chalcidice and Athens were encouraged to revolt, but in a battle at Amphipolis in 422 B.C., two major leaders of Sparta and Athens were killed and Athenians were persuaded to accept Sparta’s peace

Spartacus: (c. 109–71 BC) One of the slave leaders who led a major revolt against the Roman empire, in the Third Servile War. Spartacus has become symbolic of

The book The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss is an in depth look at one of Roman history’s most legendary events, the gladiator revolt led by Spartacus. Spartacus has become a legend, creating a storyline that has inspired many movies and television shows, such as Stanley Kubrick’s epic Spartacus in 1960, starring the legendary Kirk Douglas. Spartacus has inspired a perfect mix of men over time with various backgrounds and beliefs, from Stalin and Marx, to Voltaire, and even to Ronald Reagan. How though, did Spartacus create a massive revolt of slaves that would create a massive problem for the mighty Rome? Strauss attempts to create a chronology of the Spartacus War using his vast knowledge of the Italian landscape, ancient documents, and

One trait every army must have to be successful is the willingness and drive to dominate. The Roman army took these traits to a whole different level. The Romans were very extreme in battle as well. They often enjoyed humiliating other city-states by burning them to the ground. In 264 B.C.E. a battle between other Greek city-states forced Rome and Carthage, who dominated the western part of the Mediterranean, into conflict. The First Punic War was for the control of Sicily.4 This battle lasted twenty-three years.4 The Romans were losing a lot of men, but they continued to battle on.4 Finally, the persistence paid off.4 The Romans learned how to fight by sea and cut off the Carthaginian supply line into

As well as another reason to Rome's downfall was because most of the Roman military were foreign soldiers and not really Romans themselves. In “Doc 5” it explains how most of Rome’s military were in fact foreign soldiers. Most of the foreign soldiers were German. Most of the time the foreign soldiers would would betray Rome and switch sides during battle. This was a case of disloyalty. From these soldiers switching sides during battle many of the soldiers that were Romans died and eventually the military grew weak and couldn’t defend Rome’s

the Roman world was shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake.Fifty thousand persons had lost their lives in the flood in the city of Alexandria alone.Their fearful vanity was disposed to see a connection between the symptoms of a declining empire and a sinking world.More important in initiating the process of decline was a series of plagues that swept over the empire… which brought diseases from southern asia to new areas like the Mediterranean.The population of Rome decreased from a million people to 250,000.They need to pay the troops and couldn’t because of all the people that died could no longer work.So not the troops quit because they couldn't get paid, so no army and then loose fights and battles,which means more people

This was also explained in document B, “The ancient book concerning military matters by the Roman historian Vegetius.” The Roman army is bordered all around the empire. If one army helps another fight a battle a gap is open and invaders can easily access an entrance into the Roman empire. At this time Rome’s leadership and army are not doing

Sparta invaded Attica in 431 B.C, and easily gained control of the area surrounding Athens. Athens was most known for having a superior navy, while Sparta was known for having a superior army. This caused the war to drag on, because neither side could easily gain total domination of the land and sea. Sparta tended to use a strategy that involved annually invading Athenian territory, and destroying anything that helped the Athenians survive. Farms and other resources were targeted by the Spartans, but the effectiveness of this strategy is questionable. Athens was protected by its "Long Walls" that it had constructed earlier, so it was near impossible for the Spartan army to break through and ravage Athens. Not to mention, these walls ran all the way to the port supplying Athens. There was no way that Sparta could match the Athenian navy, so Athens could receive supplies from outside from their port. It soon became clear that the war would be won not from battle alone, but from time itself.

Athens and Sparta had now been at war for a while, and after a recent Sparta victory, Sparta decided to move some troops. Now, Sparta was in danger because of an important war generals death, and Sparta had been severely hurt by this. When he died Athens took many prisoners, and Sparta wanted them back, o they offered a treaty. Since Athens used to be in such a bad spot and was now winning, they were less motivated for peace, as they were winning. Athens had a multitude of Spartan prisoners, and their land had not been touched by Sparta for 3 years. They eventually reached out

As put by Kenneth P. Czech, “on his heels was a hastily assembled army of 3000 militia commanded by Clodius Glaber” (Czech). This group of men weren’t very experienced and were trained very poorly. The militia were deployed at the bottom of the mountain and they blocked off the main roads. Meanwhile, Spartacus and his slave army were already up the mountain taking refuge. They waited at the top of the mountain until nightfall. When it finally became dark the men attacked the stationed army and overthrew them. The slaves then scavanged the weapons and armor (Czech). Rome was forced to take more drastic

Spartacus, translating to “from the city of Sparta” in Latin, was a Roman gladiator who began as a “Thracian, born among pastoral nomadic people” according to Plutarch. This northern area of Greece that holds the title of Spartacus’ birth place was believed to be one of Rome’s earliest enemies. Historians suspect his birthdate to be around that of 109BC and know his date of death to be 71BC. This gives him a lifespan of around 37 years. Minimal information is documented prior to his rise to fame. One of the first pieces discovered about Spartacus timeline was in 78BC when he was incarcerated and forced to train as a gladiator. This enslavement was most likely due to either deserting his cause or committing a crime and sold as a slave as a form of punishment, although often the accusations that put people into slavery were unfair and biased due to aspects such as race and gender. Because of

They took Thurii, with the intention to cross over the water into Sicily, where he could rekindle the slave rebellions that occurred there in previous generations. Crassus followed them, and had trained his men to maneuver on the field, and to be proficient with the short sword on the battlefield. He had also gained eight new legions under his command. Spartacus contacted Sicilian pirates, who he paid handsomely with lots of gold and other riches they collected from raiding different towns and cities. Unfortunately for the slaves, the Sicilian pirates never showed up. Spartacus and the rebels were trapped, as the romans built fortifications across Bruttium and the toe of Italy. The fortifications spanned thirty five miles, from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Ionia

At the very beginning I would like to express excitement by “The Peloponnesian War” and its relevance despite 2400 years afterwards. This book is not only relevant for military science, but civil society too. However, this book provides broad and comprehensive details for all levels of military war: strategic, operational, and tactical. I will focus my paper to the military sphere, more particularly, to the evolution of Spartan strategy throughout the War. My intention is to do so through analysis of ends, ways, means, and merge them with related risk. The purpose of this paper is to explain how the changing environment and circumstances influenced and shaped the strategy of

Caesar took to his seat in the Roman senate only to be surrounded by Roman conspirators. Tillius Cimber, one of the Roman senators, came up to Caesar to ask him a question. When Caesar said he didn’t want to answer his question, Climber took his toga that he was wearing and was stabbed below the throat. Caesar shouted, "Why, this is violence!" just as the stabbing took place. The rest of the conspirators stabbed Caesar multiple times until dead. The result of the assassination went the exact opposite as to what the conspirators wanted. Instead of hailing them, the Roman people hated them for what they had done, which sparked civil wars across Rome. Caesar Augustus became the new leader, but Rome never regained its original status after the Ides of March and continued to decline until its