Spartacus (film) eclipse him. Gracchus, having seen Rome fall into tyranny, commits suicide. Before doing so, he bribes his friend Batiatus to rescue Spartacus's family from Crassus and carry them away to freedom. On the way out of Rome, the group passes under Spartacus's cross. Varinia is able to comfort him in his dying moments by showing him his little son, who will grow up free and knowing who his father was. The development of "Spartacus" was partly instigated by Kirk Douglas's failure to win the title role in William Wyler's "Ben-Hur". Douglas had worked with Wyler before on "Detective Story", and
Spartacus Legends Spartacus Legends Spartacus Legends was a free-to-play video game based on the Starz television series "Spartacus". Developed by Kung Fu Factory and published by Ubisoft, "Spartacus Legends" was released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on June 26, 2013. On December 22, 2015, Spartacus Legends was discontinued. "Spartacus Legends" received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the game holds scores of 50/100 for the PlayStation 3 version based on 6 reviews, and 45/100 for the Xbox 360 version based on 8 reviews. Nicholas Tan of Game Revolution gave the game a score of 3 out of 5 stars,