įlorus described him as one 'who, from a Thracian mercenary, had become a Roman soldier, that had deserted and became enslaved, and afterward, from consideration of his strength, a gladiator'. Appian says he was 'a Thracian by birth, who had once served as a soldier with the Romans, but had since been a prisoner and sold for a gladiator'. The Greek essayist Plutarch describes Spartacus as 'a Thracian of Nomadic stock', in a possible reference to the Maedi tribe. Although this interpretation is not specifically contradicted by classical historians, no historical account mentions that the goal was to end slavery in the Republic. The philosopher Voltaire described the Third Servile War as 'the only just war in history'.

This rebellion, interpreted by some as an example of oppressed people fighting for their freedom against a slave-owning oligarchy, has provided inspiration for many political thinkers, and has been featured in literature, television, and film. All sources agree that he was a former gladiator and an accomplished military leader. Little is known about him beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

Spartacus ( Greek: Σπάρτακος Spártakos Latin: Spartacus c. Near the Strymon river in present-day Bulgaria The Death of Spartacus by Hermann Vogel (1882)

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