In 2010, Starz released the ultra-ambitious 13-episode series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, which was based on the gladiator revolt led by a slave named Spartacus in ancient Rome. The show quickly garnered a cult-like following among fans of historical fiction and action. Full of blood, sex, and violence, the show was both astonishing and revolutionary, somewhat in the vein of films like 300, but also very unique in the limits it pushed.