The administration in Rome now began to take the threat from Spartacus seriously and the Roman politician and general Marcus Licinius Crassus led an army south. The slaves managed to break through ...

While Hopkins, who would've been in his early twenties when Spartacus was being shot ... added a scene back into the story where General Crassus (Laurence Olivier) attempts to seduce his slave ...

During the power struggle between Caesar and Crassus, a Roman centurion, who is the lost son of Spartacus, is dispatched to Crassus' camp to observe his movements and keep Caesar informed.