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The Spartacus War is the astonishing story of the most famous slave rebellion in the historical world, the exciting true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration for novelists, filmmakers, and revolutionaries for 2,000 years. You start with only seventy-four men, a gladiator named Spartacus incited a rebellion that threatened Rome itself. With his fellow gladiators, Spartacus built an military of 60,000 troops and managed the southern Italian countryside. A charismatic leader, he used faith to gain support. An ex-soldier in the Roman military, Spartacus excelled in combat. He defeated nine Roman armies and maintained Rome away for just two years before he was defeated. After his last fight, 6,000 of his enthusiasts were captured and crucified along Rome's main southern highway.
The Spartacus War is the dramatic and factual profile of one of history's great rebellions. Spartacus was beaten by a Roman basic, Crassus, who had learned how to beat an insurgency. But the rebels were partly to blame for their inability. Their military was large and frequently undisciplined; the many ethnic categories within it frequently quarreled over management. No single leader, not Spartacus, can keep them all in line. And when faced with a decision between escaping to liberty and looting, the rebels chose riches over liberty, risking an eventual confrontation with Rome's most powerful forces.
The result of many years of research, The Spartacus War is based not only on written documents but also on archaeological facts, historical reconstruction, and the author's considerable trips in the Italian countryside that Spartacus once conquered.
