List of Fictional Romans - Roman Slaves

Roman Slaves

• Demetrius - a Greek slave who was bought by Marcellius Gallio in The Robe, and later joined the Christian movement when in Judaea. His faith was later tested in the sequel film Demetrius and the Gladiators. In both films, he was played by Victor Mature.
• Delos - a galley slave who befriends and then is forced into combat with the captive Ian Chesterton in the Doctor Who story The Romans. He was played by Peter Diamond, who was also the fight arranger on this and several other Doctor Who stories.
• Esca Mac Cunoval - a warrior of the Brigantes who was sold into slavery at Calleva Atrebatum for showing cowardice during a gladiatoral battle, and later purchased by Marcus Flavius Aquila in The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff. He was portrayed by Christian Rodska in the 1977 TV adaptation and by Jamie Bell in the 2011 film adaptation.
• Glaucus - a Greek slave from Athens who resided in Pompeii and converted to Christianity in the 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
• Hengist Pod - a slave captured during Caesar's expedition to Britain in Carry On Cleo, only to become the personal bodyguard of Julius Caesar. He was portrayed by Kenneth Connor.
• Horsa - a British hunter in Carry On Cleo captured by the Romans during Caesar's expedition to Britain who eventually escaped and fled back to Britain. He was portrayed by Jim Dale.
• Josephus - a streetwise slave from Ethiopia who fled to Judaea with Comicus after displeasing Emperor Nero in History of the World, Part I. His name is a comic reference to the real-life Jewish historian Josephus. He was portrayed by Gregory Hines.
• Lurcio - the main protagonist of the comedy series Up Pompeii!, who was a slave to Ludicrus Sextus in pre-eruption Pompeii. He was portrayed in all mediums by Frankie Howerd.
• Marcipor - a house slave to Uncle Aquila on his estate in Calleva Atrebatum in The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff.
• Nydia - a blind flower-girl from Thessaly who resided in Pompeii with her sadistic masters Burbo and Stratonice, and was aided by the slave Glaucus in The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
• Palene - the fictional lover of Spartacus in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus, who was captured in Thrace with Spartacus and forced to work in the kitchens of the gladiator school in Capua. She was portrayed by Catherine Zeta-Jones.
• Phillida - a slave recruited as a dancing-girl in Pompeii during the events of The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
• Pseudolus - the protagonist of the farcical Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum who wiles his way to freedom through a series of improbable schemes. He was portrayed by Zero Mostel in both the original Broadway run and the film adaptation.
• Scrubba - a slave to Ludicrus Sextus who appeared in the 1971 film Up Pompeii, but not in the original TV series. Scrubba's background is unknown, but she is portrayed as a servant in the kitchens who held amorous feelings towards Lurcio. She was portrayed by Adrienne Posta.
• Sassticca - a kitchen slave working on the estate of Uncle Aquila in The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff.
• Sollius - The Slave Detective, hero of a long series of detective stories by Wallace Nichols.
• Stephanos - a Greek slave in the service of Uncle Aquila in The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff.
• Varinia - The fictional wife of Spartacus in the Stanley Kubrick film Spartacus, portrayed by Jean Simmons, and by Rhona Mitra in the 2004 film adaptation.