Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response Follow the escape from Capua, the rebel campaigns, and Crassus’s counteroffensive, with the sources’ uncertainties kept in view.
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Related to Spartacus 80% Rebel leader
Rebel leader in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Related to Crixus 80% Rebel commander
Rebel commander in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. Crixus was a Gallic gladiator and military leader in the Third Servile War between the Roman Republic and rebel slaves. Born in Gaul, he was enslaved by the Romans under unknown circumstances and trained as a gladiator in Capua.
Related to Marcus Licinius Crassus 80% Roman commander
Roman commander in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. Marcus Licinius Crassus was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
Related to Pompey 80% Late Roman intervention
Late Roman intervention in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic.
Related to Capua 80% Initial escape
Initial escape in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. Capua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, located on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain on the Volturno river.
Related to Mount Vesuvius 80% Early rebel refuge
Early rebel refuge in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. 6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc.
Related to Gaius Claudius Glaber 80% Early Roman opponent
Early Roman opponent in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. Gaius Claudius Glaber was a military commander of the late Roman Republic, holding the office of praetor in 73 BC. During his term he was defeated in the Battle of Mount Vesuvius against the forces of Spartacus during the Third Servile War.
Related to Roman Republic 80% State facing revolt
State facing revolt in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. The Roman Republic was the era of classical Roman civilisation beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
Related to Appian 80% Ancient narrative source
Ancient narrative source in “Spartacus, 73–71 BCE: The Revolt and the Roman Response”. Appian of Alexandria was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who prospered during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.