Gladiator of Rome from WMS Gaming will bring an authentic Spartacus story and film experience right into your living room, giving a visceral thrill…
Gladiator of Rome from WMS Gaming will bring an authentic Spartacus story and film experience right into your living room, giving a visceral thrill every time. Utilizing their Colossal Reels format and providing an immersive world which will have your hair standing up – or at least have your fist tighten around its nonexistent sword as you anticipate its next gladiatorial battle to begin!
The game starts with a standard 5×5 grid, but what follows immediately grabs players’ attention. On the right side of the screen are two reels stacked one or two rows wide that feature symbols reflecting gladiatorial tools of trade from roaring lions to intricately-designed Thracian helmets; as well as lower paytable icons like spade, club, diamond and heart rendered in vibrant jewel colors.
Spartacus was an epic warrior from Thracian who abandoned his Roman army to help lead slave rebellion against Roman rule. While details may differ between ancient historians, Plutarch and others generally agree that Spartacus originated in Thrace (modern-day southern Bulgaria) before joining up as part of an auxiliary unit before defecting and leading slave revolt against Rome.
Spartacus was eventually captured and sold to Lentulus Batiatus, a man who ran a gladiator school in Capua. There he helped orchestrate a revolt that saw over 70 gladiators escape using knives and cleavers taken from the kitchen as weapons of revolt.
Spartacus’ band of rebels managed to outwit Roman forces despite being outnumbered, especially by their force of 3,000 soldiers sent against them, quickly growing in size and strength over time. This was in large part due to spending much time in rural areas and small towns where they could recruit from general populations, while having a leader who insisted upon evenly dividing any spoils that might come their way; an act that further motivated his men.
Roman authorities did not consider Spartacus and his group to pose any significant threat, so they never provided him with a full legion to command. Instead, a praetor named Gaius Claudius Glaber was sent in his place; unfortunately for him however, instead of using legionnaires from his regular army to fight Spartacus’ rebellion on their behalf he conscripted men on-site instead, meaning that Glaber became overwhelmed by an ever increasing force; ultimately this is what led to him finally defeat in Brundisium where he died soon thereafter.