![]() ![]() Many events happened during the Third Servile War, but the most striking being the repeated defeats on the Roman’s part until the final climax of the revolt. Therefore, Spartacus’ cause alone is enough to call this event a revolution, as they sought change within the political hierarchy and tried to shift the power balance which existed between master and slave. ![]() One example of their mistreatment is that masters overfed themselves while slaves were left with almost nothing to eat. Slaves at that time were completely controlled by their master, and a single step out of line resulted in severe punishment. The rebel’s cause is currently not completely known, but the most popular and logical motive being that oppressed slaves were fighting for their freedom, trying to change the slave owning oligarchy. Therefore, the senate sent the praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber and his rashly gathered force of 3,000 men all of which were not a part of a proper unit but a rounding of free soldiers who were at hand to disperse. ![]() At a first glance, the senate ignored this gathering, however, leaving a growing force to keep increasing was not deemed wise. Many other escaped slaves went and joined them, but Spartacus and his co-leaders Crixus and Oenomaus went and recruited slaves who were living in the fertile lands of Versuavius’ countryside. Spartacus, a Thracian who had previously served in the Roman army, but later sold as a slave after he deserted the army, escaped a gladiator camp at Capua and refuged with many other of his escapees in 73BC. ![]()
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