Spartacus

American  

[spahr-tuh-kuhs] / ˈspɑr tə kəs /

noun

1. died 71 b.c., Thracian slave, gladiator, and insurrectionist.

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Spartacus British  

/ ˈspɑːtəkəs /

noun

1. died 71 _bc , Thracian slave, who led an ultimately unsuccessful revolt of gladiators against Rome (73–71 _bc )

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Spartacus Cultural  

1. A Roman slave of the first century b.c. He led an insurrection of slaves that defeated several Roman armies before being crushed.

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Example Sentences

Does it risk becoming an "I am Spartacus moment"? - the words of Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, the Labour peer and civil rights campaigner?

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

The top fighters occupy a paradoxical place in society: the incarcerated influencer, as if Spartacus were churning out sponcon on his off days.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

It was loosely inspired by "Spartacus," that snails and oysters scene.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

Even Spartacus himself might want to echo Billy Crystal’s Oscar night wail of “I am so not Spartacus” after seeing what Crowe is up to here.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Laveaux appointed him his lieutenant, second in command in the island, and declared that he was the "Spartacus," foretold by Raynal, who should avenge the sufferings of his race.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various