The legions of the Roman commander Crassus returned from a victorious campaign in Thrace. Among those meeting is the courtesan Aegina - concubine of Crassus.
Among the prisoners - Spartacus and the beloved of him - Thracian girl Phrygia, who became a slave to Crassus. Crassus's warriors separate them. Phrygia is threatened with the fate to become concubine of Crassus, but Aegina distracts the attention of the commander. While participating in several gladiator games, Spartak is outraged by the plight of the gladiators and begins to prepare an uprising. The gladiators revolt, but having entered the camp of Spartak, fell in love with him and rejected by him Aegina takes with her a part of the troops under the command of Spartak’s friend Harmodius. The decisive battle between the forces of Crassus and the soldiers of Spartacus is approaching. A touching farewell of Phrygia with Spartak takes place. Her intuition suggests that she will no longer see her lover alive. In a brutal fight, Spartak dies. His friends and Phrygia mourn the hero.