Spartacus (1960)

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In 73 BC Spartacus, a slave in gladiator school, rebels against his masters and, with his fellow trainees, defeats their guards and forms an army which picks up recruits from the countryside eventually making up a formidable force which threatens the security of Rome. The senate makes the error of sending out small forces which are defeated by the slave army, and it is only the intervention of General Crassus with a substantial number of legions, and the betrayal of Spartacus by the Silesian pirates which may turn the tide.

Content.

A lot of time spent in gladiator boot camp, culminating in the combat which results in the death of Spartacus’s opponent and his subsequent rebellion. The increasingly large slave army retreat to a mountain top, where we see them training and relaxing. Then they trog about in the countryside in changing weather conditions and Spartacus becomes intimate with Varinia a female slave who he has met back in gladiator school. The senate meets and they on and off discuss the problem and send forces out. Finally there is a big battle out in the countryside. There is a bit of almost nudity, and some almost implied sex plus a bit of drinking.