:07:30
In the Iast centuty
before the birth...
:07:33
ofthe newfaith
caIIedChristianity...
:07:35
which wasdestinedto overthrow
thepagan tyranny ofRome...
:07:38
andbring about a newsociety...
:07:40
the Roman repubIic stoodat the vety
centre ofthe civiIized worId.
:07:45
""OfaII things fairest, ""
sang thepoet...
:07:48
""first among cities and
home ofthegods isgoIden Rome. ""
:07:52
Yet even at thezenith
ofherpride andpower...
:07:55
the RepubIic Iay fataIIystricken
with a disease caIIed...
:07:58
human sIavety.
:08:00
The age ofthe dictator
wasat hand...
:08:03
waiting in theshadows
forthe event to bring it forth.
:08:07
In thatsame centuty...
:08:09
in the conquered
Greekprovince ofThrace...
:08:11
an iIIiteratesIave woman
addedto hermaster's weaIth...
:08:15
bygiving birth to a son
whom she namedSpartacus.
:08:19
A proud, rebeIIious son...
:08:21
who wassoId to Iiving death
in the mines ofLibya...
:08:24
before his thirteenth birthday.
:08:27
There, under whip
andchain andsun...
:08:30
he Iivedout hisyouth
andhisyoung manhood...
:08:34
dreaming the death ofsIavety...
:08:36
2, 000years
before it finaIIy wouIddie.