Great Peplum - especially the arena scenes.However, it goes pretty easy in depicting Gen. Crassus. He oversaw the crucifixion of 8,000 male prisoners after the end of the campaign. Kubrick's 1960 movie is therefore significantly closer to the grim historical reality.
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Great Peplum - especially the arena scenes.
However, it goes pretty easy in depicting Gen. Crassus. He oversaw the crucifixion of 8,000 male prisoners after the end of the campaign.
Kubrick's 1960 movie is therefore significantly closer to the grim historical reality.
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