Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh
deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life
when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school.
Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a
slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains
sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form
of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to
crush the rebellion.
