Archeologists Identify Roman Wall Built To Hold Back Spartacus And His Army

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Romanfortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army.

Researchers have concluded that the wall, which extends over 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles), was built by the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus in 71 BCE.

Spartacus served in the Roman army before becoming a bandit and being caught and sold as a slave.

He escaped from a gladiator school in 73 BC with around 70 other slaves, and would eventually lead a slave revolt that took over most of southern Italy with around 90,000 men.

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While this article is from 2024, I only just heard about it last night while I was watching one of Josh Gates' shows. He was saying that, other then the accounts of two historians that wrote about it centuries later, there was no real archeological proof that the slave rebellion took place. Or that Spartacus even existed. But then this wall was found.

I thought it was pretty cool.