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Episode CV - Spartacus the Gladiator

Emperors of Rome

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Is Crassus?

In the life of crassus, plutarch gives us a lot more details. A certain lentilus batiatus had a school of gladiators at capuas in southern italy. Two hundreds of these planned to make their escape. They seized cleavers and spits from some kitchen and sallied out on the road. Then they took up a strong position and elected three leaders. The first of these was spar tacus, a thracian of nomadic stock. But that's the only mention that any one gives spartacus wife. And plutarch never mentions her again. There not exactly conflicting, but different details from both. Ye, we get a

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