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Spartacus (103-71 BCE) was a Thracian slave who escaped from a gladiator school with 70 of his followers and started the Third Servile War: 120,000 enslaved persons rebelling against the oppressive Roman Republic. 
The 1960 movie version starred Kirk Douglas as Spartacus. It famously includes a scene, cut from the theatrical release but restored in 1991, where the power-hungry senator Crassus and his slave Antonius (Sir Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis) discuss being gay, in severely closeted terms, as the eating of oysters vs. the eating of snails: "It is all a matter of taste, is it not?"
The 2004 movie (aired during two nights on the USA network) starred Goran Višnjić as Spartacus, and upped the participation of his wife, transforming the story into a heterosexual romance.
A Spartacus tv series, with seasons given different names (Blood and Sand, Gods of the Arena, and War of the Damned), aired on Starz between 2010 and 2013. It starred Andy Whitfield (left), and after his death Liam McIntyre. A lot of n*de guys, such as James Wells as Totus and Manu Bennett as Crixus (on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).
Assyrian slave Ashur (Nick E. Tarabay) becomes one of the series' primary antagonists when he collaborates with the Romans in their attempt to bring down the slave rebellion. Eventually beheaded. Shouldn't that be Asher, one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel?
In 1951, Howard Fast self-published Spartacus, a novel about the slave revolt, as a protest against his incarceration during the McCarthy Era witch hunts.
The 1960 movie version starred Kirk Douglas as Spartacus. It famously includes a scene, cut from the theatrical release but restored in 1991, where the power-hungry senator Crassus and his slave Antonius (Sir Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis) discuss being gay, in severely closeted terms, as the eating of oysters vs. the eating of snails: "It is all a matter of taste, is it not?"
The 2004 movie (aired during two nights on the USA network) starred Goran Višnjić as Spartacus, and upped the participation of his wife, transforming the story into a heterosexual romance.
A Spartacus tv series, with seasons given different names (Blood and Sand, Gods of the Arena, and War of the Damned), aired on Starz between 2010 and 2013. It starred Andy Whitfield (left), and after his death Liam McIntyre. A lot of n*de guys, such as James Wells as Totus and Manu Bennett as Crixus (on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).
Plus there were several gay characters, including Spartacus' best friend Agron.
Assyrian slave Ashur (Nick E. Tarabay) becomes one of the series' primary antagonists when he collaborates with the Romans in their attempt to bring down the slave rebellion. Eventually beheaded. Shouldn't that be Asher, one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel?
He has returned in Spartacus: House of Asher (2025), a sort of sequel which posits that he killed Spartacus, returned to life, and now runs a gladiator school.
From a civil war to a school? Trying to minimize political references that could get you in trouble in the fascist state?
I'm out of space, so let's just look at the n*de guys (on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).
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