WAR OF SPARTACUS
IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC OF THE 1ST CENTURY BCE, GLADIATORIAL GAMES WERE ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT. TO SUPPLY GLADIATORS FOR THE CONTESTS, SEVERAL TRAINING SCHOOLS, OR LUDI, WERE ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT ITALY. IN THESE SCHOOLS, PRISONERS OF WAR AND CONDEMNED CRIMINALS, WHO WERE CONSIDERED SLAVES, WERE TAUGHT THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO FIGHT IN GLADIATORIAL GAMES.
WAR OF SPARTACUS BY PLUTARCH, ALSO CALLED THE THIRD SERVILE WAR, WAS THE LAST IN A SERIES OF SLAVE REBELLIONS AGAINST THE ROMAN REPUBLIC KNOWN AS THE SERVILE WARS. THE THIRD REBELLION BEGAN IN 73 BCE, WITH THE ESCAPE OF SLAVE GLADIATORS FROM A GLADIATOR SCHOOL IN CAPUA. THIS ARMY OF SLAVES ROAMED ACROSS ITALY, RAIDING ESTATES AND TOWNS WITH RELATIVE IMPUNITY, SOMETIMES DIVIDING INTO SEPARATE BUT CONNECTED BANDS WITH SEVERAL LEADERS, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS FORMER GLADIATOR SPARTACUS.
UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL: ATABERK ATA
ACADEMIC ASSISTANT: MAHMUD SAMI YILMAZ