Gladiator Spartacus Research Paper

Spartacus was an important leader in Rome. He was born in 109 BC and died in 71 BC on a battlefield near Petelia Italy. His occupation was a Gladiator. He is best known for leading a slave uprising against Rome. Spartacus was of the the Thracian nationality. He joined the Roman army when he was young. When he tried to leave the army, he was caught and sold into slavery. He was then forced to be a gladiator. A gladiator was a man trained to fight wild animals and other gladiators in an arena. In 73 BC seventy gladiators with Spartacus as their leader, escaped the gladiator school. They fled to Mount Vesuvius near the city of Pompeii gathering slaves and weapons. Rome sent an army of 3,000 men led by Claudius Glaber. Spartacus surprised the