Spartacus: Third Servile War

Spartacus was a person in the first century B.C., this means, that he lived in the era of the romans. But the real question is, why did he become famous? Spartacus was a slave leader of the third servile war. The question why the other two servile wars are less famous, will be explained later. Spartacus became famous when he started the third servile war, before the third servile war, we don’t know much about him. Most people say, Spartacus served the romans for some fights and killed a roman when he was having an argument, and in this way, he became a slave, or better said, a gladiator. In the time, that he was a gladiator, we do not know much about him, but his popularity increased more than others. With 200 other gladiators, he made a plan to escape from Capua (coast of Italy) with kitchenware. Unfortunately, less than 80 gladiators succeeded in doing so. When he escaped as a slave leader, he had 3 advantages. 1: he knew the strategy of the romans, because he had (probably) fought in a roman army. 2: it is said, he was very clear of mind and didn’t suffer of megalomania. 3: he had great physical power. Spartacus cooperated with the Gaul Crixus and his former trainer Oenamus, to control the slaves. Spartacus started with a small army, but his army increased terribly swiftly, we …show more content…
This is indirectly a reason why I have chosen for Spartacus. I have 2 (important) reasons, why I have chosen for Spartacus. The first one is easy to understand, I just like the era of the romans and rebellion against the roman force. The second one is more complicated. Spartacus fought for freedom against the greatest force there was. For me, he has also a deeper meaning. This, because nowadays is social media controlling our lives and has incredibly big influence on our lives. Even worse, is that everybody sees it, but we laugh about it, including myself! And I think, Spartacus would be the person, who fought against