For the Thracian Spartacus, rebellion was a sacred duty. In fact, he seemed to enjoy the succor of the gods. Only a small group of gladiators had escaped from the school of Vatia in Capua. But the fugitives found rich support among the numerous slaves on the extensive estates of Campania. For two years, the army of peasants and shepherds defeated one Roman army after another. But when the richest man in Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus, took command of the legions, the tide turned…
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