SPARTACUS

Our story promptly begins with the unfair trial of a young Roman legionnaire called Spartacus and his sentence to gladiatorial slavery. The years pass as Spartacus witnesses first hand the injustices and oppressions that the slaves and peasants must suffer. Thus, in 73 A.D., having chosen the right moment after reuniting a group of some 70,000 rebels, Spartacus marches against Rome in the name of freedom. Only a legion commanded by Longinus Crassus (among which we find the young Julius Caesar as well) can put down his army of rebels. Along the Appian way at least 6,000 rebels are crucified as a warning not to disobey Rome. Two of Spatacus’s lieutenants, Gallus and Egizius, will manage to save themselves and integrate into Roman society, in which they will in the end become two hardened defenders.

Out of the following events comprising the body of our narration shall emerge the fabric of a plot in which Gallus and Egizius find themselves involved as the main protagonists.

During the Roman army’s unrestrained repression against the rebels, Porfirius, merchant of gladiators and circus contractors, saves Spatacus’ son, June, from the clutches of the persecutors. Only later, on the point of death, he will put him under the tutelage of Gallus, who also inherits Porfirius’ wealth, even becoming a circus games contractor himself. During the same period, he meets Cecilia, with whom he will fall hopelessly in love. A decade passes, and Gallus decides to return to Alvernia, the land of his birth. During the trip, Cecilia dies. June is still with him though, and as time passes, apart from the wedding with Uxilla, Gallo bears testimony to the confrontation between the people of Gallia and the emerging Roman Empire, driven by the militaristic strategy of Julius Caesar.

In Rome, things have completely changed since Caesar had ascended to the top of the political hierarchy, and Egizius has continued to organize gladiatorial games, an indispensable attraction not only for the masses, but also for the new wealthy folk and elder lords of the city. Our story will conclude with a meeting between Gallus and Egizius, both quite old quite, recounting the story of their lives.

We have tried to contain the violence in certain scenes of this series in order to present the story in a softer manner. We have also striven to elaborate, through characters misbegotten by humanity, a sense of justice, solidarity, and the necessity of love and friendship, so that this story will truly make its mark in the audience.

Moreover, the reason we choose Spartacus is that his need of liberty and dignity are ever present in mankind’s eternal confrontation, being the foundations on which an equal society is built where slaves cease to exist as such and are no longer forced to kill each other for one’s mere amusement.

The historical vicissitudes of remain in the background untreated, given that our original subject depicts facts and characters coming from a place of fantasy.