Very limited representation during the height of the Republic. After the introduction of dictators, even that was gone.
I presume that you could say that black slaves in pre-1863 Georgia also had representation of sorts.
And, if you are in the select group in N.K., you also have some representation.
Given your ability to see a communist message in the movie Spartacus, I highly recommend that your read the books, versus the movies. Frankly, I have little hope that Hollywood can follow a plot line that makes them look bad.
And at the time, that was about as much freedom as one would have. The Spartacus rebellion was during the time of the Republic.
The Founders looked up to Rome for a reason.
Given your ability to see a communist message in the movie Spartacus, I highly recommend that your read the books
Howard Fast was a dyed in the wool communist and he had an agenda. The tearing down of western civilization and its history is the MO of such people.