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 rebels of the Third Servile War were annihilated by Crassus. Pompey’s forces did not directly engage Spartacus’s forces but his legions moving from the north were able to capture some 5, 000 rebels fleeing the battle, “all of whom he slew".

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Plutarch, Spartacus made a bargain with Cilician pirates to transport him and some 2, 000 of his men to Sicily, where he intended to incite a slave revolt and gather reinforcements. However, he was betrayed by the pirates, who took payment and then abandoned the rebels.

Detailed explanation-4: -The revolt of Spartacus began, more or less, as an accident; the original plan of the gladiators, according to the historian Plutarch (c. 45-120 CE), was simply to escape. Once that plan was discovered, however, they had no choice but to fight for their freedom or submit to execution.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The Spartacus Revolt took place between 73 and 71 BCE, when Rome was still a Republic. Therefore, there was no emperor during the Spartacus Revolt, as Rome was not yet an empire.