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Spartacus
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★ 8.0Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
- Aired
- 2010–2013
- Seasons
- 3 · 33 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Steven S. DeKnight
- Network
- STARZ
- Genres
- Drama
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Key facts
- Genre
- Historical drama , Sword-and-sandal
- Created by
- Steven S. DeKnight
- Composer
- Joseph LoDuca
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of seasons
- 3 + miniseries
- Number span no of episodes
- 39 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Steven S. DeKnight Robert Tapert Sam Raimi Joshua Donen
- Producers
- Chloe Smith Charles Knight Aaron Lam
- Production location
- New Zealand
- Cinematography
- Aaron Morton
- Editors
- Gary Hunt Jonathan Woodford-Robinson
- Running time
- 49–64 minutes
- Production companies
- DeKnight Productions Starz Originals
- Network
- Starz
- Release
- January 22, 2010 ( 2010-01-22 ) –, April 12, 2013 ( 2013-04-12 )
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Has part
- Spartacus: War of the Damned
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Spartacus
- Creator
- Steven S. DeKnight
- Cast member
- Todd Lasance
- Composer
- Joseph LoDuca
- Producer
- Sam Raimi
- Narrative location
- Capua
- Filming location
- New Zealand
- Duration
- 50
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.starz.com/originals/Spartacus
Show 13 more facts
- original broadcaster
- Starz
- number of episodes
- 33
- start time
- 2010-01-22
- end time
- 2013-04-12
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 16:9
- number of seasons
- 3
- title
- Spartacus
- list of episodes
- list of Spartacus episodes
- characters
- Julius Caesar
- executive producer
- Sam Raimi
- different from
- Spartacus
- set in period
- 1st century BC
- has spin-off
- Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
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Encyclopedic overview
Spartacus is an American historical drama television series created by Steven S. DeKnight that premiered on Starz on January 22, 2010, and concluded on April 12, 2013. The series was inspired by historical figure Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua. Executive producers DeKnight and Robert Tapert focused on structuring the events of Spartacus' obscure early life leading up to the beginning of historical records.
After Spartacus: Blood and Sand, production for another season was delayed because lead actor Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma, so Starz produced a six-episode prequel miniseries entitled Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. When the actor's cancer recurred and he later succumbed to the disease on September 11, 2011, Starz had actor Liam McIntyre take on the role of Spartacus in the second season titled Spartacus: Vengeance. On June 4, 2012, Starz announced the third and final season, titled Spartacus: War of the Damned. A sequel series set in an alternate timeline titled Spartacus: House of Ashur premiered in 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spartacus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.