WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Third Servile War, also called Gladiator War and Spartacus Revolt, (73–71 bce) slave rebellion against Rome led by the gladiator Spartacus. Spartacus was a Thracian who had served in the Roman army but seems to have deserted. He was captured and subsequently sold as a slave.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Spartacus Revolt (also called the Third Servile War) lasted about two years. It began in 73 BC and ended in 71 BC. During this revolt, tens of thousands of slave broke free from their masters and fought a war against the Roman Republic. It was one of the largest slave revolts in history.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Servile Wars were a series of three slave revolts ("servile” is derived from “servus", Latin for “slave") in the late Roman Republic.

Detailed explanation-4: -The First Servile War of 135–132 BC was a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic, which took place in Sicily. The revolt started in 135 when Eunus, a slave from Syria who claimed to be a prophet, captured the city of Enna in the middle of the island with 400 fellow slaves.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy.