![]() ![]() His army wandered up and down the Italian boot, plundering as it went. After leading a revolt with his fellow gladiators, he freed every slave he could in order to build an army and proved to be a skillful tactician, defeating a number of Roman armies (aided by the fact that Rome’s best troops were either fighting a revolt in Iberia or engaged in the Third Mithraditic War). Born in Thrace in 109 BC, he had served as a mercenary and an auxiliary in the Roman army, allegedly deserting and becoming a brigand before being caught, enslaved and made a gladiator. ![]() Although popularized as a fight for freedom, Spartacus’ fundamental motives for starting and leading the Third Servile War remain uncertain.
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