# Spartacus

> A Thracian gladiator who turned a breakout from a training school near Capua into the largest slave rebellion Rome ever faced — 70,000 strong at its height, winning battle after battle against legions until Crassus cornered them in 71 BC.

*Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/spartacus

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** -103
- **Died:** -71
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born near the Strymon river in Thrace, possibly from the Maedi tribe, he served as a Roman soldier before enslavement landed him in the gladiatorial arena. In 73 BC he and about 70 others smashed out of their school and began gathering the enslaved and dispossessed across southern Italy. What followed were repeated tactical victories that shouldn't have been possible — former slaves and gladiators, barely trained, breaking trained Roman units. The revolt swelled to an estimated 70,000. Crassus finally brought the full weight of the Republic down in 71 BC. Spartacus was presumed killed in the final battle, though no one ever found his body. Six thousand captured rebels were crucified along the Appian Way. Whether he wanted only escape or something larger remains unclear, but the name stuck: a symbol of resistance that echoed through revolutions centuries later.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 28.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 10.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #185

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Historical Figure, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Spartaco](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartaco)
- [Espártaco](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esp%C3%A1rtaco)
- [Spartacus](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus)
- [斯巴达克斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%AF%E5%B7%B4%E8%BE%BE%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF)
- [スパルタクス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9)
- [Спартак](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA)
- [Spartakus](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartakus)
- [Spartacus (slavenleider)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(slavenleider))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83406)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Spartacus)
- [Спартак](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA)
- [Спартак](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA)
- [Spartak](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartak)
- [Espàrtac](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esp%C3%A0rtac)
- [سپارتاکۆس](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%86%D8%B3)
- [Spartakus](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartakus)
- [Спартак](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA)
- [Spartacus](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus)
- [Spartacus](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus)
- [Spartacus](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus)
- [Σπάρτακος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Spartako](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartako)
- [Espartaco](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espartaco)
- [Spartacus](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus)
- [Espartako](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espartako)
- [اسپارتاکوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spartaco)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spartakus)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA)

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