CLASS 2680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reggio Calabria, One Unit, Mount Vesuvius
19 Apr 2018
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Lecture 11 - spartacus, ii - death on the appian way. The thracian woman claimed that, when spartacus was sold into slavery, a snake wrapped around his head. The majority of spartacus" followers were slaves, but there were also free farmers who joined him. Thrace: auxilia, capua, vatia, spartacus was a gladiator in his training school, celts. Joined spartacus - broke out of training school with him. Thought they could starve spartacus and the rebels out. Figured they couldn"t have many weapons and didn"t have discipline/training. Spartacus" fame spreads, leading to new recruits joining the army. Farmers (from villas: army consisted of men, women, and children. Spartacus" army escapes the roman army by putting corpses up on stakes to look like soldiers and lighting fires in the middle of the night. Most of spartacus" followers have no intention of leaving italy - want to continue stealing wealth and get revenge for being enslaved.
