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Sunday June 11, 28AD Thrace, Greece BREAKING NEWS: SPARTACUS PUT TO DEATH, ENDING SLAVE REVOLT. News broke to the Roman citizens that Spartacus, leader of a major slave revolt, has been killed. Many Roman citizens were comforted by this news because they now feel much safer. As one happy Roman, Stefanos Spiratos said, “I no longer feel threatened by Spartacus and his band of slaves. I thank Crassus for all of his efforts.” Many people do not know the full story behind Spartacus and his revolt. He was born in eastern Rome and served as a soldier. He was then sold as a slave and sent to the famous gladiator school, Lentulus. He was obviously miserable there, so he escaped in 73 BC. He then rounded up an army of escaped slaves that reached 90,000 men. He won many battles against the Romans. After news of his success broke out more and more slaves were inspired to join the rebellion. After a series of victories by Spartacus, the Senate addressed the situation as a national crisis. The Senate appointed Crassus commander in chief in the fight against Spartacus. The fight did not start off well for Crassus as his lieutenant Mummius disobeyed orders and attacked Spartacus. Many people lost their weapons and lives. Out of anger and frustration Crassus used decimation, killing every tenth man, of the surviving Roman soldiers. Citizens were shocked that this cruel method had been revived. Crassus then dug a massive 15-foot deep ditch to try to trap the rebels. Spartacus took one third of his army across and fought a fierce battle, which saw 12,300 rebels die. After this, Spartacus retreated to the northern Alps, where he took one final stand. He enjoyed a warrior’s death, but 5-6,000 rebels were crucified along Appian Way. The rest of the escaping rebels were intercepted and killed by a troop of Romans returning from Spain. Thus ended the Spartacus Slave Revolt. Romans can breathe easier tonight. -Ethan Scher Ancient Romans by Rosalie F., and Charles F. Baker III Spartacus Packet- Ancient Romans