Yes.
Spartacus.
He entered their politics, all right…
Scared the crap out of them for a while. Killed a bunch of the bastards too…
Yeah, it really worked out for him. He'd wound up getting turned into a gladiator, and that's how his life ended, along with those of his followers, when a good Roman army beat their asses on behalf of the Senate and people of Rome / the Roman Republic [sic]. Speaking of historical fiction...
From I Claudius... Livia ( Augustus' wife) lectures the gladiators.Livia Speaks to Gladiators | 1:09
Kurt Cooper | 36 subscribers | 30,433 views | January 20, 2013