Essays Tagged: "Capua"

Spartacus and his contribution to Roman History.

d into slavery. He was then purchased by Lentulus Batiatus and trained at a gladiatorial college in Capua.In 73 BC Spartacus, along with 80 other gladiators fled the college to Mount Vesuvius, where h ... an end and the remaining captured rebels were crucified and left as signposts along the Appian Way (Capua-Rome highway) as a warning to Roman slaves.The Romans in their histories downplayed the import ...

(1 pages) 19 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Spartacus and the Third Slave Revolt of Ancient Rome.

and was then recaptured, sold into slavery, and eventually found himself in the gladiator school at Capua. The gladiators' uprising led by Spartacus occurred in 73 BC. At the time, the life of gladiat ... fe lay in joining a gladiatorial troupe. A lanista named Lantulus Batiates had a training school in Capua (which for centuries was the headquarters of gladiators) in southern Italy, in which he kept m ...

(6 pages) 64 1 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies