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Third Servile War (Spartacus)

73 BCE – 71 BCE

About 70 gladiators escaped from Capua and grew to an army of 120,000, repeatedly defeating Roman forces. Crassus destroyed the slave army in 71 BC.

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Third Servile War (Spartacus)

73 BCE – 71 BCE

About 70 gladiators escaped from Capua and grew to an army of 120,000, repeatedly defeating Roman forces. Crassus destroyed the slave army in 71 BC. Six thousand survivors were crucified along the Via Appia.

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