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Spartacus

Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic

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Also known as Spártakos

Born: 103 BCE
Died: April 71 BCE
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1.warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/spartacus-freedom-by-the-sword/
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Birthplace: Thrace
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1.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/spartacus
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Place of death: Lucania
Citizenship: none
Occupation: gladiator
, military leader
Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
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1.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

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Sex or gender: male
Participated in conflict: Third Servile War
Battle of Mount Vesuvius
Social classification: slave
Name in native language: Spartacus
Σπάρταϰος
Time period: Late Roman Republic
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Different from: Spartacus
Spartacus
Given name: Spartaco
Family name: none
Manner of death: death in battle

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