Name: 從奴隸到反叛的角鬥士。斯巴達克斯的一生--菲奧娜-拉德福德。 (From slave to rebel gladiator: The life of Spartacus - Fiona Radford)
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Instead of a threat, his wife saw an omen–

a fearsome power that would lead her husband to either glory or doom.

For now, however, he was only a slave –

one of millions taken from the territories

A nomadic Thracian from  what is now Bulgaria,

he had served in the Roman Army  but was imprisoned for desertion.

Spartacus had been brought to Capua  by Batiatus, a lanista,

And life at the ludus, or gladiator  school, was unforgiving.

New recruits were forced to swear an oath

“to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten,  and to be killed by the sword,”

and to obey their master's will  without question.

But even harsh discipline couldn't  break Spartacus's spirit.

to seize knives and skewers from the  kitchen and fight their way out,

hijacking a wagon of gladiator equipment  along the way.

the Senate was too busy with wars in  Spain and the Pontic Empire

Unconcerned, praetor Claudius Glaber took  an army of three thousand men

and blocked off the only passage  up the mountain.

All that remained was to wait and  starve them out–

the rebels lowered themselves down the  cliffside on ropes made from vines,

Thus began the legend of Rome's  defiant gladiator.

but Spartacus's clever tactics  transformed them

A second Roman expedition led by praetor Varinius,

the rebels used their enemy's corpses as decoy guards,

stealing Varinius's own horse  to aid their escape.

Thanks to his inspiring victories  and policy of distributing spoils equally,

Spartacus continued attracting followers,

The Romans soon realized they were  no longer facing ragtag fugitives,

the Senate retaliated with  the full force of two legions.

To honor him,  Spartacus held funeral games,

forcing his Roman prisoners to play the  role his fellow rebels had once endured.

Spartacus' army was a massive force of  roughly 120,000 members.

But those numbers proved  difficult to manage.

Spartacus wanted to march  beyond Rome's borders,

while others dreamed of  marching on Rome itself.

In the end, the rebel army turned south–

forgoing what would be their  last chance at freedom.

Meanwhile, Marcus Licinius Crassus  had assumed control of the war.

he pursued Spartacus  with eight new legions,

eventually trapping the rebels  in the toe of Italy.

and a stinging betrayal by local pirates,

the rebels made a desperate run  to break through Crassus's lines–

Roman reinforcements were returning  from the Pontic wars,

and the rebels' ranks and  spirits were broken.

Spartacus nearly managed to reach Crassus  before being cut down by centurions.

and 6000 captives were crucified  along the Appian Way–

a haunting demonstration  of Roman authority.

but it is not his legacy which echoes  through the centuries.

the name of the slave who made the  world's mightiest empire tremble

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從奴隸到反叛的角鬥士。斯巴達克斯的一生--菲奧娜-拉德福德。 (From slave to rebel gladiator: The life of Spartacus - Fiona Radford)

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