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  1. Oct 31, 2022 · Spartacus. (Thracian Gladiator and One of the Escaped Slave Leaders in the Third Servile War) Spartacus was a gladiator who was originally from Thrace. He is remembered for his rebellion against the oligarchical Roman reign during 73-72 BC. He was the one who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, escaped the gladiator school and ...

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  2. Jun 11, 2018 · Spartacus (died c. 71 bc), Thracian slave and gladiator. He led a revolt against Rome in 73, increasing his army from some seventy gladiators at the outset to several thousand rebels, but was eventually defeated by Crassus in 71 and crucified. Spartacus League a German revolutionary socialist group (the Spartacists) founded in 1916 by Rosa ...

  3. Aug 14, 2014 · So, in 73 BCE, using kitchen knives, he and 78 of his fellow slaves revolted. Upon their escape, they came upon a small caravan of wagons carrying weapons and seized it, fleeing to nearby Mt Vesuvius. Soon, local shepherds, herdsmen and slaves joined him, swelling his small army to over 70,000. To survive they began pillaging throughout central ...

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  4. Dec 14, 2017 · Peter, Prince of the Apostles. As for how and when the Apostle St. Peter died, it is traditionally believed that he died between 64 and 67 AD and was crucified upside down at Rome. That makes St. Peter between 63 and 66 years old when he died. Historical documents are not more sure of anything more exact.

  5. Aug 7, 2019 · Spartacus then switched gears and marched his men toward Sicily. He hoped to take over the island, where slaves had revolted in two different wars in the last 70 years. He planned to escape to Sicily on a fleet of pirate ships, but the pirates sailed off with his gifts in tow before the rebels boarded the boats.

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  7. 5 days ago · Caesar’s gens (clan) name, Julius (Iulius), is also familiar in the Christian world, for in Caesar’s lifetime the Roman month Quintilis, in which he was born, was renamed “ July ” in his honour. This name has survived, as has Caesar’s reform of the calendar. The old Roman calendar was inaccurate and manipulated for political purposes.