Spartacus

Sparticus was trained at the Gladiatorial school near Capua and was owned by Lentulus Batiatus. He and some 70 slaves escaped the school, stole knives from the cook and a wagon full of weapons and fled to Mount Vesuvius. his force grew quickly as other slaves joined him till his numbers grew to 120,000. Soon the Senate sent Claudius Glaber to put down the revolt. They were soon slaughtered by Spartacus forces. Spartacus defeated the two other legions sent to destroy him. They worked their way north to try and join up with the revolts in Gaul or Hispania, but instead he turned back South toward Italy. Crassus was soon sent to destroy Spartacus forces and he isolated Spartacus' army with his eight legions. Spartacus broke through the lines and fled north only for hsi force to be captured and Crucified on along the Via Appia from Rome to Brundisium and the bodies were never taken down.

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