The Romans - Spartacus: The slave revolt

Spartacus – a name that has traversed millennia. Max Gallo brings him back to life by following the destiny of this Thracian who rejected Roman domination, which reduced him to slavery and made him a gladiator. Spartacus escapes with some companions who, like him, are condemned to die in the arenas. Spartacus crushes the legions sent in pursuit of him. Thousands of slaves join him. From Vesuvius to the Po, a breath of freedom ignites the entire Italian peninsula. The Roman Republic trembles. Max Gallo paints the fresco of this "servile" war. On one side, the order of the legions, the strength and wealth of Rome, its tribunes, its consuls, Caesar, Crassus, Pompey. On the other, the thirst for freedom, the savagery, the anarchy of men who broke their shackles and plunder, loot, following Spartacus without obeying him. A whole cruel era comes to life through Max Gallo's pen. History emerges as throbbing flesh, faces, tears and passions, voices that describe. Everyone wants to leave their mark. "Those we remember do not die," says Spartacus. "We were defeated, but we lived as free men." The six thousand crosses erected by proconsul Crassus along the Appian Way to torture the revolted slaves and terrorize future generations will not erase the memory of Spartacus. With this Spartacus, the Slave Revolt, Max Gallo begins a historical novel series: The Romans. Each of the five volumes will bring to life a key moment and character in the history of Rome. The remaining volumes are: Nero, the Reign of the Antichrist; Titus, the Martyrdom of the Jews; Marcus Aurelius, the Martyrdom of the Christians; and Constantine, the Great, the Empire of Christ.