Modern indices try to claim him. The communist index lists him as a class warrior. The Hollywood index lists him as a handsome martyr with a British accent. The nationalist index in Thrace (modern Bulgaria) claims him as a native son. But Spartacus slips every category. His true index is the word no —the first word any slave learns to say inside.
In the early 20th century, the name moved from history books to political manifestos. Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht founded the Spartakusbund (Spartacus League) index of spartacus