North Port also boasts both an Arts Center and a Performing Arts Center where art classes and performances abound! The accessible North Port community has loads to be proud of including an abundance of thick Florida oak trees and pine canopies, 80 miles of freshwater canals, and plentiful natural springs to enjoy.
Flamma was the name of a gladiator who won his freedom four times, but refused to take it and chose to remain a gladiator.
Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt with an army numbering in the tens of thousands. He defeated Roman forces over half a dozen times, marching his people up and down the Italian peninsula until he was killed in battle in April 71 B.C.