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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Gor]]'' has this a few times.
* ''[[The Telnarian Histories]]'' by the same author.
* The ''[[Kregen]]'' Planetary Romance novels by Alan Burt Akers do this a few times. It's a staple of the genre.
* [[Tarzan]] stages one in the novel ''Tarzan and the Lost Empire''.
* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|The Gods of Mars]]'', John Carter [[The Dulcinea Effect|charges into the arena]] when [[Damsel in Distress|women]] are threatened with great apes, and another prisoner leaps to join him, shouting they should all come, and they do.
** In ''Chessman Of Mars'': the hero infiltrates the game of the title, where the pieces are living swordsmen, and fights; he wins and leads a revolt.
* In [[Ben Counter]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* The Spartacus incident also happens in ''The Death of Kings'', the seconds of [[Conn Iggulden]]'s ''Emperor'' series. In this case, since Julius Caesar is the [[Protagonist]], it's a more upbeat ending than that of ''[[Spartacus]]''.
* In [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s ''[[Lensman|Triplanetary]]'', the last significant attempt to save Roman civilization was a Gladiator Revolt—and failed utterly.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Happened in an episode of ''[[Angel]]'' where the titular hero was captured and put into demon gladiator fights. Angel eventually breaks out and leads a gladiator revolt. Unfortunately, after the successful revolt, when the demons are freed and walking into the Los Angeles night, one of his human teammates [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|questions if they just loosed a dozen bloodthirsty and deadly demons onto the streets of LA]].
* Similar in "The Gamesters of Triskelion" from the original ''[[Star Trek: The
* Much the same plot occurred on ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', except Herc deliberately got himself captured in the hope of rescuing one of the gladiators.
* ''[[Rome]]''. When Titus Pullo is sentenced to death in the area by his [[Heterosexual Life Partners|friend]] Lucius Vorenus, Pullo instead [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|goes on a rampage and kills several of the gladiators.]]
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Forms part of the history for the city of Cartago in the ''Lands of Mystery'' supplement for the ''[[Champions|Justice, Inc.]]'' roleplaying game.
* The backstory of Angron, primarch of the World Eaters, in ''[[Warhammer
* The first module for ''[[Dark Sun]]'' featured this. North of the Tablelands lie a string of cities made up of ex-slaves.
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* Happens twice in ''[[Baldur's Gate]] 2''. The first time, you can help the gladiators. The second time, you're one of them.
* ''[[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet:]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Gladiator]]'' - a Gladiator Revolt... '''<small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]</small>'''
* The ''Thera'' mod for ''[[Total War|Medieval II: Total War]]'' has this as part of the background for the [[The Horde|Uruk Dominion]]. The Uruks and other bestial creatures were used as gladiators and laborers for the [[Ancient Rome|Romuli]] [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Empire]] until an Uruk named Slavos won his freedom in the gladiator pits. Then [[The End of the World as We Know It|the Great Torment]] hit the world, afflicting the planet with storms, frosts, and disease, and the Romuli Emperor sent the Legions to purge the city Slavos lived in as a plague was starting to spread. Slavos unified the gladiators and citizenry and destroyed the Legions, then contained the plague, and created a new nation.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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