"The Spartacus War" is the extraordinary story of the most famous
slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story
behind a legend that has been the inspiration for novelists,
filmmakers, and revolutionaries for 2,000 years. Starting with only
seventy-four men, a gladiator named Spartacus incited a rebellion
that threatened Rome itself. With his fellow gladiators, Spartacus
built an army of 60,000 soldiers and controlled the southern
Italian countryside. A charismatic leader, he used religion to win
support. An ex-soldier in the Roman army, Spartacus excelled in
combat. He defeated nine Roman armies and kept Rome at bay for two
years before he was defeated. After his final battle, 6,000 of his
followers were captured and crucified along Rome's main southern
highway.
"The Spartacus War" is the dramatic and factual account of one
of history's great rebellions. Spartacus was beaten by a Roman
general, Crassus, who had learned how to defeat an insurgency. But
the rebels were partly to blame for their failure. Their army was
large and often undisciplined; the many ethnic groups within it
frequently quarreled over leadership. No single leader, not even
Spartacus, could keep them all in line. And when faced with a
choice between escaping to freedom and looting, the rebels chose
wealth over liberty, risking an eventual confrontation with Rome's
most powerful forces.
The result of years of research, "The Spartacus War" is based
not only on written documents but also on archaeological evidence,
historical reconstruction, and the author's extensive travels in
the Italian countryside that Spartacus once conquered.
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