Third Servile War
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The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and The War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last of several unsuccessful slave rebellions against the Roman Republic.
These are called the Servile Wars. The Third Servile War was the only which was dangerous for Italia itself and was doubly alarming to the Roman people because the slaves won several battles against the Roman army between 73 and 71 BC. The rebellion was defeated 71 BC by Marcus Licinius Crassus.
But the rebellion had indirect effects on Roman politics during the following years.
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[change] Classical historical works
Works at LacusCurtius.
- Appian's The Civil Wars.
- Frontinus's The Strategemata.
- Plutarch's, Life of Crassus
- Plutarch's, Life of Pompey
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[change] Modern works
- William Smith's, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities at LacusCurtius. A scanned page version is also available at The Ancient Library.
