...especially keeping in mind the 'spectacula' of Pompeii - built nearly contemporaneous to Spartacus' revolt (~70BC) by political entrepreneurs hoping to ensnare the bloodthirsty veterans of Sulla's 'Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum' ;)
Re: Spartacus Blood and Sand
...especially keeping in mind the 'spectacula' of Pompeii - built nearly contemporaneous to Spartacus' revolt (~70BC) by political entrepreneurs hoping to ensnare the bloodthirsty veterans of Sulla's 'Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum' ;)
'...usque adeo res humanas vis abdita quaedam:opterit et pulchros fascis saevasque secures:proculcare ac ludibrio sibi habere videtur.' De rerum natura V, 1233ff.
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