6iii pt2 Spartacus and the Slave Revolt

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Spartacus and the Slave Revolt: 

Spartacus and the Slave Revolt Chris Hagin

Early Life of Spartacus: 

Early Life of Spartacus Born in Thrace Trained in Roman army as an auxiliary

Enslaved: 

Enslaved Spartacus became a slave in 73 BC in the service of Lentulus Batiates. His master taught at a ludus in Capua, where gladiators were trained.

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Later in the same year, Spartacus and two Gallic warriors led a rebellion at the school

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Spartacus and 80 other gladiators successfully escaped the training school using kitchen appliances

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When the band of escaped gladiators encountered Roman soldiers, they attacked the soldiers and easily overcame their defenses, taking the soldiers’ superior weapons

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On the way towards the Alps, Spartacus et al picked up 70,000+ slaves. Most wanted to pillage the countryside – not fight the Roman legionnaires The Senate did nothing at first

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Once the Senate agreed Spartacus was a threat, General Crassus was sent to exterminate Spartacus’s slave army (at this point it was wandering south and east of Rome)

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At Brundisium, Crassus’s army killed 60,000 slave-soldiers and crucified 6,000 more along the road leading back to Rome – Spartacus was never found

Gauls surrounding Roman cohort: 

Gauls surrounding Roman cohort

Gauls make last desperate charge against Germanic phalanx: 

Gauls make last desperate charge against Germanic phalanx

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