Gladiator War

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The Gladiator War, better known as the Third Servile War, was a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic led by the gladiator Spartacus in the 1st century BCE.

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Gladiator War canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Third Servile War ⓘ
slave revolt ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spartacus Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Third Servile War

Third Servile War ⓘ
battle Battle of Mount Vesuvius ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vesuvius

Battle of the Silarus River ⓘ
final battle in southern Italy ⓘ
cause harsh conditions in gladiator schools ⓘ
oppression of slaves in the Roman Republic ⓘ
consequence mass crucifixion of captured slaves ⓘ
tightening of control over slaves in the Roman Republic ⓘ
documentedIn Roman historical tradition ⓘ
works of Appian ⓘ
works of Plutarch ⓘ
endDate 71 BCE ⓘ
estimatedStrength tens of thousands of slaves ⓘ
historicalContext late Roman Republic ⓘ
involvedGroup Roman citizens ⓘ
gladiators ⓘ
rural slaves ⓘ
leader Castus ⓘ
Crixus ⓘ
Gannicus ⓘ
Oenomaus ⓘ
Spartacus ⓘ
location Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
mainBelligerent Roman legions ⓘ
linked to: Roman legion

rebellious slaves ⓘ
notableCommander Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great

Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ
opponent Roman Republic ⓘ
originEvent escape of gladiators from a school in Capua ⓘ
partOf Servile Wars ⓘ
precededBy Second Servile War ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
suppression of slave revolt ⓘ
significance influenced Roman attitudes toward slavery and internal security ⓘ
largest slave uprising against the Roman Republic ⓘ
startDate 73 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ

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Third Servile War → alsoKnownAs → Gladiator War ⓘ