Although a great deal of Spartacus was filmed at Universal Studios (see picture), Los Angeles, a number of locations in the USA and Europe were also used

Hearst's Castle, San Simeon in California was used for Crassus's Villa (see picture)

Thousand Oaks, which is now part of the Universal City Tour, stood in for the Appian Way

The scenes in the salt mines at the beginning of the film were shot in Death Valley

The battle scenes were filmed on plains outside Madrid