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The item delivery was swift and the item condition is excellent overall i give this book four stars due to its quality and delivery
At least one can compare the book with the movie
I learned many new things about this period of history that batiatus was more likely to have been named vatia and that the rebe... Read More
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It is true that the film spartacus 1960 has played a large part in bringing the revolt to the modern world
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- This product had a total of 261 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 4 2022.
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Decent read worthwhile if you are interested
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Strauss invents nothing telling us when information is factual or hearsay or unknown
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Never read a book from this author but was pleasantly surprised
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If the source material doesnt exist it doesnt exist
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Instead he diligently flags moments of speculation while carefully grounding them in other sources from reports of life in other gladiatorial schools to earlier or later accounts of thrace and thracians slave revolts and republican responses
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Strauss is bang up to date with the most modern of scholarship including the recent controversial suggestion that the whole slave war was a coverup that hid details of a new revolt by roman allies
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He is at his best when drawing on such extensive readings of peripheral sources such as when the death of spartacuss horse is approached with reference to behaviour observed by romans fighting other thracian leaders
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An excellent account of spartacus pushing the available evidence to acceptable limits
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