The Spartacus War Strauss‚ Barry NY: Simon & Schuster‚ 2009 Copyright © Reed Business Information‚ a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ISBN-13: 9781416532064 March 05‚ 2013 The Spartacus War By‚ Barry Strauss Sparta is a gladiator and slave best known for leading the slave rebellion in Italy against the Rome in 73-71 B.C.
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Spartacus‚ a name associated it ‘self with a warrior that took on the Roman Empire. He was well known for his sense of horror towards others as well as how he fought in the arena and for his freedom. Not much is known about Spartacus when he was younger‚ it’s rumored that he was a deserter from the Roman army and some said he had the title of general. During the Roman era of 70 BC the times were rough and survival was unlikely for most. "Si vis pacem‚ para bellum." This one is a little after the
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Spartacus was born in Thrace (which is now in modern day Greece) in the first century BC as a freeborn provincial. He served as an auxiliary in the Roman Army in Macedonia where he then deserted the army and was outlawed‚ captured and sold into slavery. He was then purchased by Lentulus Batiatus and trained at a gladiatorial college in Capua. In 73 BC Spartacus‚ along with 80 other gladiators fled the college to Mount Vesuvius‚ where he was joined by a large number of other slaves who were motivated
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in “Spartacus and The Slave Wars”‚ prisoners of war enslaved at the end of the Second Punic War rebelled in 198 B.C. This slave uprising in central Italy is the first reliable report of one‚ although it was surely not the first actual slave uprising. There were other slave uprisings in the 180s. These were small; however‚ there were 3 major slave revolts in Italy between 140 and 70 B.C. These 3 uprisings are called the Servile Wars‚ since the Latin for ’slave’ is servus. However these 3 slave wars
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| Spartacus | Pima Community College | || 3/9/2013 | | We know very little of Spartacus before he joined the Roman Army. We do know that Spartacus was born a free man around 100 B.C. He was born in ancient Thrace an unstable territory on the fringes of Rome’s empire‚ which is what we know as Bulgaria. This is where historians have picked up on Spartacus‚ when he joined the Roman Army. Some believe that he joined the army because it was an opportunity to not be poor anymore.
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History to Spartacus - The Servile Wars (Slave Uprisings) During 135 BC and 104 BC the First and Second Servile Wars‚ or slave uprisings‚ erupted in Sicily. These wars started with small bands of rebels but were joined by tens of thousands of slave followers wishing to escape the oppressive life of a Roman slave. Much of the Roman economy was based on the slave trade. History of Spartacus - Why Did Rome Fear him? Why Did Rome Fear Spartacus? It is estimated that the number of slaves in Roman Italy
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The Huger Games The Hunger Games is a game‚ that occurs annually and it is set up by the ruling Capitol to show the other 12 districts of Panem that the Capitol owns them and that they are in-charge and it also serves as a merciless reminder to the price of rebellion against the Capitol. The hunger games consist of twenty-four teenagers‚ a male and a female from each twelve districts and they range in ages of twelve to eighteen. They are put in an arena‚ that differs every year and they have to
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destruction and bareness whereas spring is the symbol of hope and fruitfulness. Around 250 thousand years ago a winter in Rome went on‚ in which slaves were smashed and slaughtered. Cruelity and ignorance was at peaks. At that time‚ a man of might and words stood like an insurmountable mountain and fought against Roman Republic for slaves. That man was Spartacus. He had almost perished the Government‚ but he was chopped in Third Servile War. But when he was martyred he said these words. "I will come again
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John. W. Blessingame‚ The Slave Community: The Plantation Life in The Antebellum South (Oxford University Press‚ Inc: 1972‚ 1979). John Wesley Blassingame was a scholar‚ historian‚ educator‚ writer‚ and leading pioneer in the study of American slavery. He received a bachelor’s degree at Fort Balley State College in 1969‚ a master’s degree at Howard University in 1961‚ and a doctorate at Yale University in 1971. He then became a history professor at his alma mater in 1974 at Yale University.
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he is about to be killed‚ he escapes‚ and rushes to save his wife and son. To his dismay‚ he only discovers his family crucified in the smoldering ruins of his home. After burying them he collapses in exhaustion. He is then captured and sold as a slave to gladiator instructor Proximo. He soon becomes a gladiator. Maximus teaches the rest of the gladiators how to fight as one unit. His superior military skills set him apart from the average gladiator and he quickly rises in favor among the crowds
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