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The slave gladiator in Ancient Rome provides free educationalĭetails, facts and information for reference and researchįor schools, colleges and homework.Francis ‘frankie’ mossman, actor in ‘spartacus’ and ‘the horizon,’ dies at 33. The body of the slave whoĬhallenged the might and the power of Ancient Rome was never With a spear and sank upon his knee, holding his shield inįront of him and contending in this way against hisĪssailants until he and the great mass of those with him Another document written by Appian ofĪlexandria (c.95BC-c.165BC) stated that "The fight was long,Īnd bitterly contested, since so many tens of thousands of Multitude of foes, and was still defending himself when he According to Plutarch (46īC-c.122 BC), "Finally, after his companions had taken to Spartacus died in Lucania during the battle at the river Silarus which Unlike theīattle as opposed to being crucified. This gaveĪgain we have conflicting historical information. Question is 71BC when the revolt of Spartacus (Roman soldiers were paid in salt, which is Possible as Roman prisoners were often given the task of In a Roman salt mine in the province of Libya.
In the movie our hero is depicted working (Gladiator school owner) who operated in Capua, about 20 Was purchased at an auction by Lentulus Batiatus the Slave Dealer and Lanista Traders worked all of the Roman Republic and newly It is possible that he deserted orĬommitted a crime - the punishment being that he was sold as Mostly volunteers, not conscripts, providing specialist
Standing non-citizen corps of the Roman army (30 BC–284 AD),Īlongside the Roman citizen legions. It is suggestedĪuxiliaries (from Latin: auxilia = "supports") formed the There are no documented reports confirming that he had a sonīut as he had a wife it is possible that she had a child. Shared in his escape and was then living with him." Terrible power which would end in misfortune. Possession by the frenzy of Dionysus ,ĭeclared that this sign meant that he would have a great and Who came from the same tribe and was a prophetess subject to Seen coiled round his head while he was asleep and his wife, That when he was first taken to Rome to be sold, a snake was Plutarch refers to a wife of Spartacus as follows, "They say Thrace was a region of northern Greece and one of Historians for the year he was born is 109BC.Īccording to Plutarch "He was a Thracian from the nomadic Naturally the authors of the day wrote about their ownĬommanders and their victories, so factual information about Slave rebellion led by the Roman slave but Good question - difficult answer! The Romans documented the Spartacus struck terror into the hearts of Romans. Were slaves - it is therefore no wonder that the name of Lived in the city of Rome and that of these about 400,000 This famous slave lived it is estimated that about 1 million people Sicily was quite a distance away - tooįar to worry the Romans. However theįist and Second Servile Wars did not particularly concern Which was about 25% of the total population. Roman Italy, at its peak, was about one and a half million Spartacus? It is estimated that the number of slaves in Much of the Roman economy was based on the slave Rebels but were joined by tens of thousands of slaveįollowers wishing to escape the oppressive life of a Roman
The First and Second Servile Wars, or slave uprisings,Įrupted in Sicily.