Category: Spartacus
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Spartacus: The 3rd Servile War
Slavery in ancient Rome differed from its more modern form only in that it was not based on race, but like any form of slavery it was an abusive and degrading practice, and cruelty was commonplace. As a slave you had no rights whatsoever, and time and again those who suffered under this practice rebelled…
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This Bloody Road
The Appian Way is named so after its founder, Appius Claudius Caecus. In 312 BC, Caecus, a Roman censor and engineer, started the road to improve military supply issues to and from Rome. Statius, a 1st century AD Greek-Roman poet, said the road was often referred to as the “Queen of the Long Roads”( Appia…
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