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Spartacus

Spartacus was a leader in the gladiatorial wars against Rome (73-71 BC). He
was born in 103 BC and was a Thracian by birth. First, he served in the
Roman army and was later captured and sold as a slave. BC In 73 he escaped
from a gladiator training school in Capua with about 70 other gladiators and
took refuge on Mount Vesuvius, where the group was joined by other
escaped slaves. Here he was a captain of brigands, and he enlisted as his
lieutenants two Celts, Crixus and Onomus, who were equal to his gladiators.
Spartacus led the third and largest slave revolt against Rome. After defeating
two successive Roman armies, his army of nearly 100,000 occupied much of
southern Italy and fought its way up the entire length of the Italian
peninsula to the Alps. Eventually their numbers grew to at least 100,000.
This revolt posed a significant challenge to Roman authority and led to a
series of military campaigns against it. Eventually, Marcus Licinius Crassus
was tasked with putting down this rebellion. Despite initial successes and
attempts to negotiate and escape to Sicily, Spartacus's forces were defeated
in 71 B.C. . Spartacus was presumed dead in the final battle, but his body
was never found. After the rebellion, 6000 surviving rebels were crucified
along the Appian Way.
Finally, Spartacus waged a brilliant guerrilla campaign against a strong and
well-organized enemy, but he could not prevail against a fully mobilized
Rome. Although Crassus would ultimately defeat the Spartacus rebellion,
Pompey would claim credit for the act, fueling his own rise to the apex of
Roman politics.
Name : Chavindu Omesha Abewardhana
Class : 9G
Resources :
Third Servile War | Facts & Summary | Britannica

Spartacus | History, Facts, & Influence | Britannica

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