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The Third Servile War (LXXIII-LXXI B.C.E.)

  • Spartacus, a gladiator in training, escaped his school with LXX other men with him and Crisus leading the small army
  • raiding on the countryside the band soon absorbed thousands of slaves into their force
  • as the rebels were camping on Vesuvius, a relatively small force of 3000 Roman soldiers was dispatched to cease the revolt
  • by blocking the exit of the mountain praetor Glaber was hoping to starve out the slaves, but instead they crafted ropes to descend the mountain's other side and successfully flanked the Romans
  • shortly after, the Romans dispatched a force of 4000 which the slave army easily handled after the Romans' leader divided his force naively

The Third Servile War (LXXIII-LXXI B.C.E.) continued

  • once farther South, the two leaders Sparticus and Crisus disagreed on their next move. Crisus wanted to stay in the south to raid, while Sparticus wanted to go North over the alps
  • Sparticus with his XXXVII̅̅̅ of the LXX̅̅̅ moved north, while Crisus stayed and his force weakened to the point of collapse
  • Rome had now dispatched two consuls to take care of Sparticus's remaining followers
  • Sparticus was trapped by the two consuls and forced to fight, and he did so successfully
  • after these two defeats the remaining soldiers linked up and led one more failed attack
  • after this Sparticus for some unknown reason decided to turn back South

The First Servile War (CXXXV-CXXIX B.C.E.) continued

  • By CXXXII Rome had finally crushed the three year long uprising in Sicily as Cleon died in battle and Eunus was eventually captured
  • Soon after in CXXIX Eumenes III had finally been corned in Caria by Roman Legions
  • Eumenes III was taken back to Rome along with the Attalus family treasure
  • He was them Paraded through the City's streets and executed by strangulation after serving time in prison

The First Servile War (CXXXV-CXXIX B.C.E.) continued

  • In CXXXIII B.C.E. King Attalus III of Pergamum died without an heir
  • Attalus, believing only Rome could keep order in his kingdom, gave right to the state to take over after his death
  • Before authority could be secured Aristonicus seized power taking the name Eumenes III
  • His appeal to slaves in a cause against Roman Authority lead him to control Pergamum for a few years

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The Third Servile War (LXXIII-LXXI B.C.E.) continued

  • once in the South Sparticus tried unsuccessfully to bargain with pirates to gain safe passage to Sicily
  • Sparticus, now facing the legions of Crassus a new praetor, gave bargaining another unsuccessful try
  • the rebel army now fractured in a dash across the toe of Italy, and took heavy casualties in small skirmishes along the way
  • soon after however Pompey's legions had begun to approach Sparticus's path, so he was forced to turn back and face Crassus
  • this final confrontation with Crassus was the last for Sparticus, as well as his army's
  • the surviving surrenders were then crucified along the Appian way

The First Servile War (CXXXV-CXXIX B.C.E.)

  • Eunus, a slave priest, incited around 400 Sicilian slaves to revolt claiming to have the Gods' favor
  • These 400 massacred their masters as well as others' and soon slaves from all over Sicily came together to form an army of slaves LX̅̅̅ strong
  • Eunus, a holy man inable to lead troops effectively, elected Cleon as his General
  • With Cleon leading firmly their new army was capable of seizing many small towns and attracted the attention of the state
  • The first army Rome sent was bested by Cleon's use of guerrilla tactics

The second Servile War (CIV-C B.C.E.) continued

  • as the slaves were forced by Lucullus to disband and return home many reconvened in Syracuse
  • the slaves' new leader Varius was also betrayed shortly after assembly and the rebellion seemed over
  • the praetor disbanded his army at the apparent victory
  • soon after the slaves had a strong leader, Salvius, at the helm
  • Salvius raised a surmountable army of slaves, deserters, as well as other citizens numbering MM cavalry and XX ̅̅̅ infantry
  • the praetor responded to their assertion with an unsuccessful attack
  • the rebels were next attacked by the praetor's troops in Morgantina, where the rebels had seized the city, and Lucullus was again met by a notable defeat

The successful revolt in Sicily incited unrest in other regions but the only other consequential uprising was east of the Adriatic Sea, in Pergamum

The second Sevile War (104-100 B.C.E.)

  • Titus Vettius bid seven Attic Talents (399lbs.) of gold for a slave, and in a refusal to later pay he gave his slaves arms and filled his ranks with other slaves seeking freedom
  • Lucius Lucullus, a praetor, was given orders to overtake the rebels' army with a force of 4,000 men
  • Titus with Apollonius as a general wielded 3,500 armed rebels to combat Lucullus
  • Apollonius accepted immunity to betray his leader Titus, and was resposible for the downfall of the rebel army. After doing so he killed himself

The second Servile War

The second Sevile War (104-100 B.C.E.) continued

  • Athenion gathered 10,000 slaves while this is happening, and he besieged Lilibaeum
  • Salvius now wanting to conquer Triocale, called Athenion to become a general in his army
  • Salvius now called himself Tryphon, and conquered Triocale, which he made his stronghold
  • The Roman senate now sent Lucius Licinius Lucullus with an army of 17,000 to defeat Tryphon
  • Lucius Licinius Lucullus was defeated and replaced by Gaius Servilius
  • Tryphon died and was replaced by Athenion as leader
  • Gaius Servilius was replaced by Gaius Aquilius, who defeated the rebel slaves.
  • All rebel slaves that were not killed were sent to Rome to fight beasts in the Colosseum.
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