Spartacus and 2579 Spartacus Asteroid - Paris, France - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

This 1841 marble sculpture is entitled "Le Serment de Spartacus" and it depicts Spartacus as a boy trying to help a dying slave who has been tied to an object. Both the boy and the man are naked. Spartacus later became a leader of a slave rebellion...and the oath referred to in the title presumably was the boy's promise to change the situation of the slaves. Spartacus led his revolt against the Roman Republic 73-71 BC. He was born around 109 BC and died c. 71 BC. Read more about him at (visit link)
The artist is Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) was a Parisian painter and sculptor...who won many honors and artistic positions in Paris. Read more about him at (visit link)

Wikipedia (visit link) has this one-sentence entry for the asteroid:
"2579 Spartacus (1977 PA2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj."

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