A Girardian Note about Spartacus [Media Notes 140]

I saw Spartacus when it came out in 1960. The movie led me to the book, which I read quickly. I believe I stayed up reading it most of a night, but I don’t remember whether or not I finished it at that time. I also bought the soundtrack album.

As you may know, the novel and film are about a slave revolt in ancient Rome in the first century BC. Did I know that back then? I don’t know. Does that matter? Probably ...