Lentulus Batiatus

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Lentulus Batiatus was the owner of the Roman gladiatorial school in Capua (near Mount Vesuvius) who owned Spartacus, the leader of the slave rebellion during the Third Servile War.[1] Two thousand and thirty years later, he was played by Peter Ustinov in the film based on the revolt, for which Ustinov won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ian McNeice played Batiatus in the 2004 television adaptation.

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  1. ^ History in Film.
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