What the records say
- When
- 73 BCE – 71 BCE
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 41.10° N, 14.20° E
- Description
- major slave rebellion against the Roman Republic (73-71 BCE)
Third Servile War
73–71 BCE Roman slave rebellion
The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy. It was particularly alarming to Rome because its military seemed powerless to suppress it.
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