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Third Servile War: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Spartacus Revolt • Gladiatorial War
Date 73 BCE - 71
Location Campania • Capua • Italy • Lucania • Vesuvius
Participants Spartacus • Roman Republic
Context slavery • Spartacus

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Pompey
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Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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Spartacus
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