Ancient Rome · SITE OF MEMORY · 73–71 BC
Spartacus revolt (73–71 BC)
On the Ancient Rome map as “The Spartacus revolt”
73–71 BC — A gladiator’s breakout becomes an army of perhaps 70,000 enslaved people. After its defeat, 6,000 prisoners are crucified along the Appian Way, Capua to Rome. Remember them.
- When
- 73–71 BC
- Type
- Site of memory
- Chapter
- Crisis of the Roman Republic (chapter 4 of Ancient Rome)
- Atlas
- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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