Spartacus
Spar'ta-cus, a Thracian soldier, who was taken
prisoner by the Romans, reduced to slavery, and trained
as a gladiator. Having escaped with a number of his
associates, he became leader of a numerous band, and
defeated Claudius Pulcher, who was sent against him
about 73 R>c. Having proclaimed freedom to all slaves
who should join him, he raised a ...
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Spartacus ( Greek: Σπάρτακος; Latin: Spartacus[1]) (c. 109–71
BC) was the most notable leader of the slaves in the Third
Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman
Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of
the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes
contradictory and may not always be reliable.
Spar...
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A famous fighter, by birth a Thracian, and successively a
shepherd, a soldier, and a chief of banditti. On one of his
predatory expeditions he was taken prisoner, and sold to a
trainer of gladiators. In B.C. 73 he was a member of the
gladiatorial company of Lentulus, and was detained in his
school at Capus, in readiness for the games at Rome. ...
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