Ancient Roman Sportspeople - Roman Gladiators, Spartacus, Porphyrius the Charioteer, Priscus, Crixus, Verus, Scorpus, Narcissus (Paperback)

Chapters: Roman Gladiators, Spartacus, Porphyrius the Charioteer, Priscus, Crixus, Verus, Scorpus, Narcissus, Lentulus Batiatus, Oenomaus, Hierocles. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Spartacus (Greek: Latin: ) (c. 10971 BC) was the most notable leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable. Spartacus' struggle, often seen as oppressed people fighting for their freedom against a slave-owning aristocracy, has found new meaning for modern writers since the 19th century. The rebellion of Spartacus has proven inspirational to many modern literary and political writers, making Spartacus a folk hero among cultures both ancient and modern. Thracian tribes, including the Maedi.The ancient sources agree that Spartacus was a Thracian. Plutarch describes him as "a Thracian of Nomadic stock," but "more Hellenic than Thracian" when referring to his character. Appian says he was "a Thracian by birth, who had once served as a soldier with the Romans, but had since been a prisoner and sold for a Gladiator." Florus (2.8.8) described him as one "who from Thracian mercenary, had become a Roman soldier, of a soldier a deserter and robber, and afterwards, from consideration of his strength, a gladiator." Some authors refer to the Thracian tribe of the Maedi, which in historic times occupied the area on the southwestern fringes of Thrace (present-day north-eastern Greece, south-western Bulgaria). Plutarch also writes that Spartacus's wife, a prophetess of the same tribe, was enslaved with him. The name Spartacus is otherwise attested in the Black Sea region: ki...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=18993992