Many people talk about the ranking of American dramas, and immediately think of "Spartacus", and leave a message behind the article: There is no "Spartacus", bad reviews.
In fact, he may not understand a little history, brushing drama is just for fun, brushing everything has forgotten. The two plays "Roma" and "Spartacus" can bring us a lot of thinking, for example, these two historical periods are in the great historical changes of ancient Rome.
Just like Qin Shi Huang's completion of the great unification, it is a major event of historical significance. The transition of ancient Rome from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire is also a very important historical change.
The first was the Spartacus uprising, why was it Spartacus who revolted, not Kress or Crassus, the slave owner? And spartacus alone led the slave revolt?
In the American drama "Spartacus", we can see some clues, the main reason is that Spartacus himself was originally a Thrace, they were free people, not slaves. This meant that Spartacus knew what freedom was like, so he was not willing to be a slave for the rest of his life.
This is why the black coach Onomamos did not fight, even if he married, he was married to a slave, each with his own room, and he could live with his wife for one night, and rest in his own room the rest of the time.
Onomamos once told Spartacus about such a thing, and he thought that Spartacus would obey the master's arrangement like himself and be grateful for the master's generous gifts.
But Spartacus saw it very thoroughly, and the so-called masters only used them as tools. As a man who wanted freedom, Spartacus never imagined that he would sell the rest of his life to his slave owners and fight to the death in the arena.
Just like the frog at the bottom of the well, if it has been at the bottom of the well and does not know the beauty and breadth of the outside world, but if the frog that has been outside accidentally falls into the bottom of the well, then it will not be willing to stay at the bottom of the well forever. This can be called insight, and Spartacus had this insight, so it was he, not someone else, who led the slave revolt.
It was the slave revolt led by Spartacus that caused the decaying Roman Republic to fall apart. Crassus and Caesar, credited with suppressing the Spartacus Revolt, took control of the army and co-ruled Rome with Pompey. This is the first three giants of the Roman Empire that everyone often talks about, in fact, the emergence of the giants basically announced the collapse of the Roman Republic.
Only later, Brutus assassinated Caesar in a vain attempt to restore the Roman republic, but at this time the Roman Republic had decayed to the point of falling down with one push, just like after the Xinhai Revolution, Zhang Xun also tried to restore the imperial system, basically a praying arm as a car.
Brutus was hanged by Wu Dawei and Antony, and eventually died in the war. These stories are presented in the American drama "Roma", which is still quite well-made.
Unlike Spartacus, Spartacus was the losing side, so there won't be much historical record, because we all know that history is written by the victors. The Roman nobility did not idle and constantly looked for someone to record the words and deeds of Spartacus.
Therefore, there are not many written records about Spartacus, and most of the stories are handed down through folk tales. Therefore, this "Spartacus" is also largely a lot of content fabricated by later generations.
Well, but these two plays are very good, and they are basically related, which is very meaningful for everyone to understand the vigorous historical changes in ancient Rome.
Therefore, when watching the play, it is still very interesting to know more historical stories. By the way, the Oscar-winning "Gladiator" also happened after the dictatorship of Rome, and the tyrant Commodus killed Aurelius, who had the last of the five wise kings of the Roman Empire.
So this period of history of Rome is still very interesting, interested friends may wish to read more books about this history, I think it is very good.