Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

 Spartacus, A Thracian Jésus

https://jacquescoulardeau.medium.com/spartacus-a-thracian-j%C3%A9sus-2be359088b26

Spartacus was a prophet, but he was a few centuries ahead of history, just like Jésus and he ended up the same way, exterminated by crucifixion probably even if he had been killed in battle: post-mortem crucifixion. Be sure the Romans would have loved such a necrophiliac absurdity. For them, it would have been retribution, social justice, keep the slaves in their place, working or under the earth. But he did not have time to wait. So he was exterminated in a slave war that he necessarily lost in three years. 

Spartacus has become a myth because he lost his three-year battle against slavery and the Roman Republic at the time. The film was good but slightly romanticized. The TV series was good though slightly over-bloody but moderate on the sadism of the Romans. The ballet with Carlos Acosta was a miracle in the revival style: giving a new life to the myth by having Spartacus danced by a Cuban descendant of slaves. And this Roman melting pot of ours justified the existence of slavery in the West up to 1865, and of segregation up to still tomorrow, maybe even the day after tomorrow. How can we extirpate slavery from our minds, societies, and memories?

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# posted by Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU @ 3:24 AM