Spartacus

2004 · ⭐ 6.8 · Votes: 52

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior Draba Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.