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Spartacus

Also known as Spártakos

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.

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Spartacus was a gladiator from Thrace who led one of the largest slave revolts against the Roman Republic, known as the Third Servile War. His uprising is historically significant as a major challenge to Roman authority and remains a notable example of organized resistance by enslaved people in ancient history.

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Quotes

“I'd rather be here, a free man among brothers, facing a long march and a hard fight, than the richest citizen in Rome: fat with food he didn't work for, and surrounded by slaves.”
“We've traveled a long ways together. We've fought many battles and won many victories. Now, instead of taking ships to our homes across the sea, we must fight again once more. Maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves.”
“When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win.”
“Crixus always wanted to march on Rome. Now he doesn't have to. Rome has come to us.”
“He'll come back. He'll come back, and he'll be millions!”
“Good luck, and may fortune smile upon... most of you.”

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Key facts

Military person.name: Spartacus
Military person.death_date: 71 BC (aged 32)
Military person.birth_place: Near the Strymon river in present-day Bulgaria
Military person.death_place: Near the Sele river in Lucania, Roman Italy
Military person.image: Σπάρτακος Spartacus,Espartaco marble statue in Louvre "Μαιδοι clan -Meadow" slave macedon-greek.jpg
Military person.caption: Statue depicting Spartacus by Denis Foyatier (1830)
Military person.serviceyears: 73–71 BC
Military person.commands: Rebel slave army
Military person.battles: Third Servile War

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Image: Σπάρτακος Spartacus,Espartaco marble statue in Louvre "Μαιδοι clan -Meadow" slave macedon-greek.jpg

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date of death: 0071-04-00
Commons gallery: Spartacus
Commons category: Spartacus
name in native language: Σπάρταϰος
date of birth: 0103-00-00

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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.

Historical accounts of his life come primarily from Plutarch and Appian, who wrote more than a century after his death. Plutarch's Life of Crassus and Appian's Civil Wars provide the most detailed accounts of the slave revolt. Although Spartacus is a significant figure in Roman history, no contemporary sources exist, and all accounts are written significantly later, by persons not directly involved, and without perspectives of slaves or eyewitnesses. Little is known about him beyond the events of the war, and the extant accounts are contradictory. All sources agree, however, that he was a former gladiator and accomplished military leader.