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He was eventually captured by the romans and sold as a slave. Talons of an empirei have to be honest my initial title did not have spartacus included but the publishing. An engaging, casual history of librarians and libraries and a famous one that burned down. The romans had a thriving slave economy because of all their conquests of other armies and territories. Oct 01, 2012 what if spartacus, legendary leader of the slave rebellion against the might of the roman empire, had not perished as we have been taught, but was spared, to become a lethal mercenary for his former masters. Resisting oppression and committing oneself to action for others, even selfsacrifice, is diametrically opposed to the selfcentered, solipsistic roman attitudes. It is about the historic slave revolt led by spartacus around 71 bce. Read spartacus by robert southworth for free with a 30 day free trial. They cornered spartacus and brought him to battle near the source of the river. Terrified lest the revolt spread, the government in rome assigned crassus and pompey to crush to rebellion.
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