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WHO WAS SPARTACUS?
A man forced into slavery, then turned into a gladiator
and made to fight for the entertainment of the Romans.
He convinced a group of gladiators to seek freedom and
turn on their masters. From 73 BC – 71 BC, he freed over
70,000 slaves in the Roman Empire, amassing his own army
to take on Rome. Though he died in battle against Crassus,
with Pompey taking the credit, his legend would live on.
