Spartacus' Early Life and Start of the Rebellion
This is where Spartacus was from.
What is Thrace?
This is the type of warfare that the rebels used often.
What is guerilla warfare?
This is the person who led the army that defeated the rebels.
Who was Pompey?
This was the leader of the rebellion.
Who was Spartacus?
This war required 10 legions to end it.
What is the Third Servile War?
This was the army that Spartacus served at one point.
What is the Roman army?
This is where the rebels were trying to go at the beginning of the rebellion.
What is Gaul?
This is how the Spartacus and the rebels escaped capture on Bruttium.
What is forcing the Roman lines?
These two well known Romans helped end the war.
Who were Crassus and Pompey?
This is another name for the Rebellion.
What is the Third Servile War?
This is what caused Spartacus to become a slave and a gladiator.
What is desertion?
This is where the rebels were trying to go before being trapped by the Roman army.
Crassus and his army built what in the siege of the "toe" of Italy?
What is a fortified wall?
These are the years during which the rebellion took place.
When was 73 B.C. to 71 B.C.?
This city originally considered the rebellion as not serious and a nuisance.
What is Rome?
This is where Spartacus initially took refuge.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
This is the island that the rebel forces became trapped on.
What is Bruttium (modern day Calabria)?
This is where the war ended.
What is Petelia?
Which specific people were destroyed by Crassus in battle?
Who were the German and Gaul rebels?
Which Roman took the undeserved credit for stopping the rebellion?
Who was Pompey?
This is the estimated number of rebels that joined Spartacus altogether.
What is 90,000-100,000?
This is where the rebels were hoping to go.
What is Sicily?
This is how the remaining rebel soldiers were punished.
What is crucification on the Via Appia?
Which forces did the rebel army defeat at the beginning of the war?
Who was Gaius Cassius?
This man killed his horse before the final battle, saying that if he won, he could pick the finest mount, and if he lost he wouldn't need a horse altogether.
Who was Spartacus?