In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule
[DOC] [TLE] Spartacus - Wikipedia [PAR] Spartacus (Greek:  Sprtakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 11171 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with the Gauls Crixus, Oenomaus, Castus and Gannicus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.