B2+Spartacus

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 __  ** The Early Years  **   __ ** Spartacus was born a freeman and lived in Thrace. He was in the Roman army, but escaped. When he got caught, he was sold into slavery. He was trained as a gladiator near Capua, Italy. Before Spartacus was in the army, he was a sheep herder. Spartacus was not famous in his early times so it was hard to find information about it. **    __  ** Making History  **   __ ** Spartacus refused to obey the rulers of Rome from 73 to 71 B.C. Him and 70 other gladiators escaped from the training school. They camped on mount Vesuvius, near Naples. Spartacus believed that his slave army could leave Italy by marching North, their way to freedom. They defeated 2 roman armies in 73 B.C. and 3 in 72. More and more slaves to join the march. There was 120,000 men along with the many women and children. In 72 B.C. they reached the border of Italy but the German and French slaves didn’t want them to cross the Alps. They started going south to Sicily and some pirates told him that they would bring ships, but the pirates betrayed Spartacus and no ships came. In 71 B.C. the army of Marcus Licinius Crassus. 6,000 survivors were crucified as an example to other slaves as a consequence of rebellion. No one knew if Spartacus was killed or crucified **  **  __ The Legacy __. **  ** Spartacus will be remembered for believing that all men and women should be free. He did not believe in slavery, he was a hero for the slaves. Spartacus almost completed a successful march to freedom. ** 

References:

Baikwill, Richard. __Exploring ancient Civilizations 9 ROA-SPO__. Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2004.

Donn, Lynn. "Spartacus-Gladiator and Slave." __Mr.Donn.org__. 17 Dec. 2008 . By: Kate Cossitor and Zoe Malanios