What associations do people have when they hear the word "Rome"? These are the Vatican, the Colosseum, the triumphal arches and aqueducts, the victorious legions and skillful getters. This is the capital of the empire, where people demand bread and circuses, where rulers share their enemies and rule over them. In this monastery of vice and power, power and greatness there were many people who influenced history. Among them are Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, Pliny and Cato, Fulvia and Spartacus the gladiator.
Spartacus can rightfully be considered the most famous gladiator in the world. It was a great warrior who entertained the yawning crowd and the aristocrats of ancient Rome. Every minute of the fight could be the last in his life. But he resisted to raise a huge empire to fight. In a holy war against class inequality, against poverty and slavery, against the handful of senators deciding the fate of millions of people.
It’s impossible to say today who the gladiator Spartak was. Some historians are sure that Thrace was the birthplace of this man, and he came to Rome as a prisoner. As evidence, they cite the fact that the Romans fought at that time with Thrace and Macedonia, whose inhabitants fought fiercely. Others assert that Spartak was a fugitive legionnaire and rebel. The battle style also speaks in favor of Thracian origin. Two types of battle were distinguished, for the use of which the warrior was called the Thracian or the Gaul. Spartak the gladiator could be a native of Sparta - a powerful state that in the past was famous for its amazing endurance, strength of mind and body of its warriors, iron discipline.
It is well known that Spartak, whose history is amazing and delighted at the same time, was trained. The gladiatorial school of Lentulus Batisht not only taught him the tactics of fighting, but also gave him love for the philosophy of Guy Blossius. The essence of the teachings of Blossia resembles the theory of communism, predicting that someday "the latter will be the first and vice versa."
In 73 BC, the gladiator Spartacus and seventy other colleagues rebelled against the Roman Empire. This rebellion had three leaders, each of whom was a brave fighter and a great man. They all had one fate and hatred for those who, for the sake of fun, put their lives in danger. Crixus, Cast and Guy Gannick, together with Spartak, robbed their own school. They carried all the weapons there and fled to the caldera near Naples. On the way, they robbed and killed the Roman nobility, over time, other fugitive slaves began to join them. At the time of the uprising, the army of fugitives reached ninety thousand people.
There were many slaves in Rome, and if the government allowed all of them to join the rebellion, the state would cease to exist. Therefore, the best legions were sent to pacify the rebellious. Despite the valiant battle and excellent tactics that gave the rioters a series of brilliant victories, they lost. Spartak the gladiator and his army died at the hands of the illustrious commander Pompey.
Today, the name of Spartacus has become a household name for fearless warriors who dare to challenge the existing order. He is the idol of popular leaders, for whom freedom is the most important thing, for which it’s not a pity to die!