On January 22, 2010, Starz viewers beheld the debut of one of the most unique and intriguing historical dramas on television. That night, Spartacus, the brainchild of Steven S. DeKnight and Sam Raimi, ...

When Spartacus hit theaters in 1960, audiences expected another grand sword-and-sandals spectacle with Roman armies, gladiator clashes and chariots thundering across the plains. What they didn't ...

There is arguably no other figure from Classical Antiquity that has been more lionized and idealized by posterity as the symbol of popular resistance in the face of oppressive injustice, than ...

The world wide success of the film Gladiator has generated a renewed interested in Ancient Rome and the role of gladiators. Any inquiry into this question has to raise the spectre of the slave war ...

When the Australian Ballet premieres its new production of Khachaturian’s ballet Spartacus this week, it will be another moment in an extraordinary story of rehabilitation. Spartacus, a lowly ...

Although it managed to survived the death of original star Andy Whitfield (if not exactly thrived in his wake), the time has finally come for Spartacus to end, with Starz announcing that the show's ...

From waxed chests to homosexuality, Steven DeKnight reveals the facts on the era depicted on the Starz series. By Jethro Nededog “I absolutely adore all the stuff that is written about the Romans,” ...