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This 3 page paper considers Stanley Kubrick's film 'Spartacus' and the way in which, despite its historical inaccuracies it can be seen as an informative as well as entertaining portrayal of attitudes in Ancient Rome towards slaves, their military as well as entertainment and their general lifestyle. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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discussion in the film world. With blockbusters such as Mel Gibson in Braveheart and the more recent films such as The Gladiator which have part of their story based in
truth the controversy looks as if it will remain. However, films bases on historical events are not new, and we can also argue that although many of the facts may
be slightly in accurate or even wildly wrong that they can still teach us a lot about the time they portray. This can be demonstrated by looking at older films
where the criticism for inaccuracy was less and the expectations of the audience in this regard was lower. One of the prime examples of this can be seen in Stanley
Kubricks 1960 film Spartacus. This film is set in the Roman Empire and is based in historical fact; the last of the
three great slave revolts lead by a man named Spartacus (Bradley PG). This was the only incident of this type to occur on the mainland of the Roman Empire (Bradley
PG) and can be seen as an ideal subject for a Hollywood Epic. Spartacus was finally defeated by Marcus Licinius Crassus in 72BC and it cannot be argued that the
facts are strictly accurate in the portrayal of his life and death. But we can argue that in the film, despite the inaccuracies there are many lessons any student of
Ancient Rome can learn. The film was seen as a master piece at its time of production (Moore filmpagehomepage.html). This was for both its artistry as well as the
script and production. The first aspect of the film which pervades the whole production can be seen as the feeling of oppression that slaves were forced to live
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