What associations do people have when they hear the word "Rome"? These are the Vatican, the Colosseum, triumphal arches and aqueducts, victorious legions and skillful getters. This is the capital of the empire, where the people demand bread and circuses, where the rulers divide their enemies and rule over them. In this abode of vice and strength, power and greatness, many people lived who influenced history. Among them are Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, Pliny and Cato, Fulvia and Spartacus the gladiator.
Spartacus can rightly be considered the most famous gladiator in the world. He 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 persevered to raise a huge empire to fight. To a holy war against class inequality, against poverty and slavery, against the fact that a handful of senators decide the fate of millions of people.
It is impossible to say today exactly who the gladiator Spartacus was. Some historians are sure that Thrace was the birthplace of this man, and he ended up in Rome as a prisoner. As evidence, they cite the fact that the Romans fought at that time with Thrace and Macedonia, the inhabitants of which put up fierce resistance. Others assure thatSpartacus was a runaway legionnaire and a rebel. The fighting style also speaks in favor of the Thracian origin. There were two types of combat, for the use of which the warrior was called a Thracian or a Gaul. Spartacus the gladiator could have come from Sparta, a powerful state that in the past was famous for its amazing endurance, strength of mind and body of its warriors, and iron discipline.
It is known for sure that Spartak, whose history strikes and delights at the same time, was trained. The gladiatorial school of Lentulus Batista not only taught him the tactics of battles, but also gave him a love for the philosophy of Gaius Blossius. The essence of Blossia's teachings resembles the theory of communism, predicting that someday "the last will become the first and vice versa."
In 73 BC, Spartacus the gladiator and seventy of his 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 the same fate and hatred for those who, for the sake of fun, endangered their lives. Crixus, Kast and Gaius Gannicus, along with Spartacus, robbed their own school. They took out all the weapons they had and fled to the caldera near Naples. On the way, they robbed and killed the Roman nobility, over time other runaway slaves began to join them. At the end of the uprising, the army of fugitives reached ninety thousand people.
There were many slaves in Rome, and if the authorities allowed all of them to join the rebellion, the state would cease to exist. Therefore, they sent to pacify the recalcitrantbest legions. Despite a valiant battle and excellent tactics, which gave the rebels a series of brilliant victories, they lost. Spartacus the gladiator and his army died at the hands of the famous 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 people's leaders, for whom the most important thing is freedom, for which it is not a pity to die!
