Historiskt korrekt blir det knappast, storyn är viktigare...och passar inte historien in så får den ge vika
How TV's new Spartacus will 'bend' history
http://scifiwire.com/2009/07/how-tvs...rtacus-wil.php
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Tapert (Lawless' husband and producer of Xena: Warrior Princess) and DeKnight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) explained why they decided to "bend history," as DeKnight put it, for the new show.
Tapert sets the scene. "They begin before Spartacus was captured by the Romans," he said. "We start when he actually joins the Roman auxiliary. Historically, the Romans had invaded Thrace. So a lot of the Thracian soldiers had signed up for the auxiliary. So we have a whole story before he actually gets to a ludus [a gladiatorial school], where he's sold into slavery. This is based on some scraps of historical evidence. Some say that he was a soldier in the auxiliary, and he deserted and got sentenced into slavery."
Obviously, the producers were pretty happy to take on a topic that didn't actually have a lot of facts to stick to. Tapert talked about approaching DeKnight about the subject. "I said, 'Do you know anything about history?'" he said. "He said no. And I said, 'Good, g-ddamn it, because I don't care about it.'"
Tapert said that if the historical facts didn't fit the story they were trying to tell, they threw it out, believing that the "average punter, as they say in New Zealand," wouldn't have a problem with it. This is hardly a surprise, considering that he did the same thing with Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. DeKnight called it "bending" history, saying that it had to be done. "But we try not to break it."
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