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Spartacus
Spartacus , d. 71 BC, leader in an ancient Italian slave revolt, b. Thrace. He broke out (73 BC) of a gladiators' school at Capua and fled to Mt. Vesuvius, where many fugitives joined him. Their army defeated several Roman forces and moved north, devastating S Italy and Campania; Spartacus' aim was ... Read more
Spartacus party
Spartacus party or Spartacists, radical group of German Socialists, formed c.Mar., 1916, and led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg . The name was derived from the pseudonym Spartacus used by Liebknecht in his pamphlets denouncing World War I, the government, and the majority section of t... Read more
Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht , 1871-1919, German socialist, leader of the Spartacus party ; son of Wilhelm Liebknecht . His antimilitaristic writings caused his conviction (1907) for high treason. Released from prison, Liebknecht entered the Prussian lower house in 1908 and the Reichstag in 1912. As a member o... Read more
Aram Ilich Khachaturian
Aram Ilich Khachaturian , 1903-78, Russian composer of Armenian parentage, b. Tiflis (now Tbilisi). Khachaturian moved to Moscow in the early 1920s and attended (1929-34) the Moscow Conservatory. At first studying the cello, he began to compose c.1926. Colorful, energetic, emotionally powerful, and ... Read more
Bolshoi Ballet
Bolshoi Ballet , one of the principal ballet companies of Russia; part of the Bolshoi Theater, which also includes Russia's premier opera company. The Bolshoi Ballet began as a dancing school for the Moscow Orphanage in 1773. The Bolshoi Theatre, which opened permanently in 1856, in its early decade... Read more
Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert , 1871-1925, first president (1919-25) of the German republic. A Social Democratic deputy in the Reichstag, in 1913 he became party leader, succeeding Bebel ; a gradualist, or moderate, he was seen as pragmatic and non-ideological. Ebert supported the war effort during World War I. ... Read more
Howard Fast
Howard Fast 1914-2003, American author, b. New York City. A prolific writer, he is best known for historical novels that mainly concern rebellion against various forms of tyranny. They include Citizen Tom Payne (1943), Freedom Road (1944), My Glorious Brothers (1948), Spartacus (1951), and ... Read more
gladiators
gladiators [Lat.,=swordsmen], in ancient Rome, class of professional fighters, who performed for exhibition. Gladiatorial combats usually took place in amphitheaters. They probably were introduced from Etruria and originally were funeral games. Gladitorial combats, which took place in the Colosseu... Read more
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick , 1928-99, American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically daring, boldly idiosyncratic, and darkly compelling films generally portray a deeply flawed humanity. Kubrick made several documentary shorts in the 1950s, turning to film n... Read more
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg , 1871-1919, German revolutionary, b. Russian Poland. Her revolutionary activities forced her to flee to Switzerland in 1889, where she became a Marxist. One of the founders of the Polish Socialist party (1892), she formed (1894) a splinter group (later known as the Social Democratic ... Read more

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Spartacus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Spartacus Spartacus (died 71 B.C.) was a Thracian gladiator who led a slave war in...being defeated and killed in a pitched battle. It is not known how Spartacus became a gladiator. He is said to have fought either with or against...
Spartacus party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Spartacus party or Spartacists, radical group of German Socialists, formed c...Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg . The name was derived from the pseudonym Spartacus used by Liebknecht in his pamphlets denouncing World War I, the government...
Spartacus to the Gladiators
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Spartacus to the Gladiators, see Kellogg, Elijah .
Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...take over command in the war against Spartacus although he held no public office at the time. He drove Spartacus into Bruttium and there cut him off...wall across the toe of Italy. Although Spartacus broke through the wall during the winter...
Fast, Howard M(elvin)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...Glorious Brothers (1948), about Israel's ancient freedom; Spartacus (1952), treating the Roman slave revolt; Moses, Prince...including film studios, though novels of this period (e.g. Spartacus ) were filmed after he left the Party. Fast's other writings...
Walter Ulbricht
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Ulbricht joined a left-wing splinter group, the "League of Spartacus." After the failure of its coup against the new SPD government...which was regarded as too conservative) in January 1919, "Spartacus" broke up. Ulbricht and others formed a new left-wing...
Karl Liebknecht
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Liebknecht , 1871-1919, German socialist, leader of the Spartacus party ; son of Wilhelm Liebknecht . His antimilitaristic writings...revolutionary, antiwar socialist group. This group later became the Spartacus party. Imprisoned again for his antiwar activities, Liebknecht...
Gladiator, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Sharpe), and young son ( Julia Turnbull), the captive Spartacus ( Edwin Forrest ) agrees to fight in a Roman gladiatorial...their plans. With his brother, wife, and son all dead, Spartacus fights on until he, too, is slain. One of Forrest's most...
Pompey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Italy. He took some of the credit for the suppression of Spartacus's revolt by eliminating some elements of the gladiators...together with M. Licinius Crassus, the real victor over Spartacus, into the consulship for the year 70 B.C. This again was...
Trumbo, Dalton
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...He was blacklisted by Hollywood, went to Mexico, and wrote scripts under various names, and under his own, when the ban was lifted, Exodus (1960) and Spartacus (1960). Additional Dialogue (1970) is a collection of letters.

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Spartacus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Spartacus (died c. 71 bc), Thracian slave and...defeated by Crassus in 71 and crucified. Spartacus League a German revolutionary socialist...the Thracian slave and revolutionary Spartacus. At the end of 1918 the group became...
Khachaturian, Aram (Ilyich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...and elsewhere. In 1956 his ballet Spartacus was acclaimed by Moscow critics as a...2nd version with new plot 1957); Spartacus (1954, rev. 1968).ORCH. AND CHORUS...memory of Lenin (1948); 4 Suites from Spartacus (Nos. 1–3, 1955–...
Trumbo, Dalton
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Sturges) (as Les Crutchfield) 1960 Exodus (Preminger); Spartacus (Kubrick) 1961 Town without Pity (Reinhardt) (uncredited...by J. D. Marshall, Los Angeles, 1978. "Who Killed Spartacus?" with D. Cooper, and Gary Crowdus, in Cineaste (New...
Ustinov, (Sir) Peter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Johnson, 1957; Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, for Spartacus, 1960; Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, for Topkapi...Adventures of Mr. Wonderful (Grimault) (as voice) 1960 Spartacus (Kubrick) (as Lentulus Batiatus); The Sundowners (Zinnemann...
Douglas, Kirk
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...acting debut; 1960—producer for first time on Spartacus ; 1962—formed Joel Productions, an offshoot of...1960 Strangers When We Meet (Quine) (as Larry Coe); Spartacus (Kubrick) (title role, + exec pr) 1961 The Last Sunset...
Ellenshaw, Peter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Pollyanna (Swift); Swiss Family Robinson (Annakin); Spartacus (Kubrick) 1961 The Absent-Minded Professor (Vitarelli...Pollyanna, Swiss Family Robinson, and even the blockbuster, Spartacus, it is his work on Mary Poppins that is the best known...
Metty, Russell
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Columbo, and Rich Man, Poor Man. Award: Academy Award for Spartacus, 1960. Died: In 1978. Films as Cinematographer: 1935...and Deadly ) (Haas) 1960 Portrait in Black (Gordon); Spartacus (Kubrick); Midnight Lace (Miller) 1961 The Misfits...
Mann, Anthony
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...assistant director at Paramount, 1939; signed to Republic Pictures, 1943, to RKO, 1945, then to MGM, 1949; withdrew from Spartacus after quarrelling with Kirk Douglas, 1960. Died: During shooting of last film, in Germany, 29 April 1967. Films as Director...
Simmons, Jean
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Bronn); The Big Country (Wyler) (as Julie Maragon) 1959 This Earth Is Mine (Henry King) (as Elizabeth Rambeau) 1960 Spartacus (Kubrick) (as Varinia); Elmer Gantry (Richard Brooks) (as Sister Sharon Falconer); The Grass Is Greener (Donen...
North, Alex
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Death of a Salesman (1951); The Rose Tattoo (1955); The Sound and the Fury (1959); Spartacus (1960); The Children's Hour (1961); The Misfits (1961); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); Who's Afraid of...

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'Spartacus' Cast and Creators to Conquer San Diego Comic-Con on July 24.
PR Newswire; 7/23/2009; 700+ words ; New Starz Original Action Series 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand,' Coming to Premier...More First Look at Upcoming Official "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" iPhone/iPod Touch...eagerly anticipated Starz original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," at the 2009 San...
Spartacus rebel with a cause.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; A bold gladiator named Spartacus led thousands of slaves in a rebellion...into a legend. Today, the story of Spartacus still confirms our belief that the...of all. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Spartacus was born in Thrace, near the present...
'Spartacus' conquers ballet; An epic Russian classic is taking America by storm
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 3/31/2002; ; 700+ words ; Spartacus, the gladiator-slave who led a tragic...snicker. There is nothing fey about "Spartacus," the ballet. The heroic figure...art of ballet is for the young." "Spartacus," in particular, taps into that youthful...
The evolution of a gladiator: History, representation, and revision in Spartacus
Magazine article from: Journal of American & Comparative Cultures; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; The revolt led by the gladiator Spartacus (73-71 B.C.) mushroomed into the...politics. Howard Fast's 1951 novel Spartacus imagined the rebellion as a Marxist war...contrast between these two versions of Spartacus, emphasizing as they do different aspects...
Once daring, now dated `Spartacus' is epic with ideas
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/3/1991; ; 700+ words ; Spartacus (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Spartacus Kirk Douglas Crassus Laurence Olivier Varinia Jean Simmons...642-0723). At the time of its first release in 1960, "Spartacus" was hailed as the first intellectual epic since the silent...
Spartacus Capital Inc.: MyCityMarket.com Continues Growth; Stock to be Halted Until Deal Closed.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 1/30/2001; 700+ words ; ...CCN Disclosure, January 30, 2001) Spartacus Capital Inc. (CDNX:SCI) announces...completion of the year end results. Spartacus is in the process of completing a reverse...the website www.mycitymarket.com. Spartacus has agreed to acquire MyCityMarket...
`Spartacus': Epic and Then Some
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/10/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...released to movie theaters last year, "Spartacus," the 1960 film that gloriously ended...label, comes forth with a three-disc "Spartacus" set (price: $124.95) that has...slave trader, he encounters Douglas, as Spartacus, chained to a rock. Ustinov claims...
Bolshoi Ballet in Spectacular Performance of "Spartacus" Featuring Music of Aram Khachaturian
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 8/27/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...reason to see the spectacular ballet "Spartacus," it certainly should be for the lushly...specifically created for the Bolshoi - "Spartacus," "Don Quixote," "The Bright Stream," and "The Pharoah's Daughter;" "Spartacus" was staged for the first time in Leningrad...
`SPARTACUS' IS FREED FROM CENSORS' SHACKLES
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/21/1991; ; 689 words ; ...Bergen County, NJ) 04-21-1991 `SPARTACUS' IS FREED FROM CENSORS' SHACKLES By...ON FILM Before Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" was released in 1960, the Legion of...operation caused further damage. Although "Spartacus" remained a spectacle of the highest...
`Spartacus,' premiering Sunday and Monday on USA Network.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/15/2004; ; 648 words ; ...playing the courageous rebel gladiator in Spartacus," where the scalpels are a whole lot...gets his miniseries mojo workin' in "Spartacus," a lavish two-parter with glossy...on USA Network. The new version of "Spartacus" _ like the acclaimed 1960 feature film...