The Spartacus Revolt
The Spartacus revolt is different from the two Sicilian island ones. The slaves revolting were not herdsmen or farmers, instead Spartacus led a revolt of gladiators. Gladiators were men who were trained to fight each other to death for the entertainment of Roman public. Gladiators were not never the same amount of treat that a farm slave or same amount of freedom a herdsmen slave would get. The life of gladiators was not a very promising one with the idea you would die for people enjoyment and had to fight to for a living knowing you can die at the next event. It is talk about great detail that gladiators were not to allow to go unwatched when practicing with the weapons provided to them. They were seen as a threat if they escape the school,
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This person would need to have an ear to ground and know what to look for, thus an atypical rebel profile would be create in helping to identify potential rebel leaders. The profile should cover mistreated slaves and slave leaderships or anti-leaders, Fortune-telling, astrology, and religion, and finally area they are from. The first thing one this profile would slaves that face some type of mistreat from their master. Most, if not all, of the Roman slave rebellion underlining cause was slaves being mistreat by their master and local government not doing anything to stop the masters. This is big issue and if dealt with correctly it would stop slave inspired revolts. The three big revolts were a result of master mistreating slaves especially in the first one. The husband and wife competing who can do the worst thing to a slave and followed by authority doing nothing to stop it. Slaves being mistreated have the most cause to rebel and kill their master. Now slaves in leadership position should put of the profile. The way Roman set up vilicus it seems that the slaves look to the vilicus for leadership and respect that person more than the master and his family. The people who are leaders of within the slave community and those that would not even be consider to be vilicus according Cato the Elder requirements should also be watch and the first thing of the profile to determine a potential rebel
This person would need to have an ear to ground and know what to look for, thus an atypical rebel profile would be create in helping to identify potential rebel leaders. The profile should cover mistreated slaves and slave leaderships or anti-leaders, Fortune-telling, astrology, and religion, and finally area they are from. The first thing one this profile would slaves that face some type of mistreat from their master. Most, if not all, of the Roman slave rebellion underlining cause was slaves being mistreat by their master and local government not doing anything to stop the masters. This is big issue and if dealt with correctly it would stop slave inspired revolts. The three big revolts were a result of master mistreating slaves especially in the first one. The husband and wife competing who can do the worst thing to a slave and followed by authority doing nothing to stop it. Slaves being mistreated have the most cause to rebel and kill their master. Now slaves in leadership position should put of the profile. The way Roman set up vilicus it seems that the slaves look to the vilicus for leadership and respect that person more than the master and his family. The people who are leaders of within the slave community and those that would not even be consider to be vilicus according Cato the Elder requirements should also be watch and the first thing of the profile to determine a potential rebel