Spartacus: Revenge of the Gladiator Army

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Tonight, drift off to the remarkable true story of Spartacus, a slave and gladiator from the wild country to the north of Greece who would come to humble the greatest military power the ancient world had ever known. Among the history legends that get sleepy listeners settled, few make for such tranquil history as this. From a gladiator school in sunlit Capua, a man armed with little more than a cleaver and cooking spit slipped away into the darkness and lit the spark of the Third Servile War. Picture the warm plains of southern Italy, the slopes of a sleeping volcano, and a Thracian gladiator who outfought every army Rome sent against him as a handful of runaways became tens of thousands. This is ancient Rome history told gently, audio books and audiobooks crafted as history for serenity and harmony, a Roman slave revolt retold for unwinding with history. Let these audiobook tales of the gladiators of Rome soothe the mind, the long shadow of Spartacus and Crassus, the gladiator rebellion that shook the fall of the Roman Republic, all here as history for serenity and history to soothe the mind. This is one of the greatest minds in history, smoothed into history for sleep.

Let this calm story of courage and endurance guide you into a restful night's sleep.

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00:00:00 Spartacus: Rise of the Gladiator Army

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