Spartacus

Universal. New in New dust jacket. 1960. 1-55880-886-8 . Previously viewed VHS tape, comes in original box. From private collection (not a rental) . Tapes are run through tape cleaning machine before they are shipped to help insure they play well. Further condition details and JPG image available on request. ; In 73 BCE, a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus. The uprising soon spreads across the Italian Peninsula involving thousand of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to acquire ships from Silesian pirates who could then transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south. The Roman Senator Gracchus schemes to have Marcus Publius Glabrus, Commander of the garrison of Rome, lead an army against the slaves who are living on Vesuvius. When Glabrus is defeated his mentor, Senator and General Marcus Licinius Crassus is greatly embarrassed and leads his own army against the slaves. Spartacus and the thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way to Brandisium only to find that the Silesians have abandoned them. They then turn north and must face the might of Rome. ; Video Tape; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .