Spartacus Corruption
Spartacus takes place during the first century BC, in the ancient roman empire. this empire has slid
into corruption and moral decay, extensively employing the work of slaves to carry out the lesser jobs
of society. these slaves are often mistreated, abused, exploited, and worked until death, as shown in
the opening scene where Spartacus s friend dies from work exhaustion. This opening scene takes place
in a Roman salt mine in the province of Libya, where a large group of slaves toil with pick and axe to
extract the precious mineral from the ground, and Roman soldiers guard, and abuse the slaves. the
commentary tells us of the hopelessness of the soldiers situation, and that the only freedom they can
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they complete greulling daily fitness rutines, as well as mock fights. while there he befriends a number
of the other slaves, foremost being Crixus, who goes on to become one of Spartacus s generals He and
is shown to be a man distiguished in his ability to relate to others, and his leadership skills. He also
attempts to make friends with an Ethiopian slave by the name of Draba, however Draba refuses, citing
how gladiators do make friends, as the y may be required to kill one another in the arena. During this
time the gladiators are kept in poor conditions, more akin to a prisoners life than an athletes, however
some relief is given in the form of occasionally being allowed to sleep with a number of slave women.
One such women is Varinia who meets Spartacus one night, and instead of the performing the regular
sexual acts with one another, they form a friendship, which evolves into a bond born of love over the
course of their time at the school. When taunted by Batiatus over His situation with Varinia, Spartacus
shouts I m not an animal at him. Varinia, present at the time, quietly says neither am I . This exchange
of dialogue serves to show that the slaves, as a rule, considered themselves to be human beings,
entitles=d to the rights in which they had been deprived as
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