Third Servile War

Third Serville War

The third major uprising of slaves (Latin: "servi") in the Roman Republic, from 73 to 71 B.C., the war of the gladiators and other slaves led by Spartacus is known to history as the Third Servile War. Unlike the prior two slave uprisings, which had occurred in Sicily, among agricultural laborers, the Third Servile War broke out with the uprising of Spartacus and his fellow gladiators on the Italian mainland, within a week's march of Rome, and threatened the social order not just of a single, isolated province, but of the entire state.

The Third Servile War was the largest and final act of internal resistance to Rome's gradual transformation from a democratic republic of small farmers and tradesmen into an imperial project of military expansion and economic exploitation. The Third Servile War demonstrated the nearly complete reliance of the Roman citizenry on the now-professionalized legions for the functioning of the late Republic's slave-based economy, and paved the way for the transformation of the Republic into an Empire ruled by those commanding the legions which maintained order.

Historically, Spartacus, Crixus, Oenomaus, Gannicus and Castus were all leaders/major forces behind the 3rd Slave

A scene from War of the Damned showing one of the battles in the war.

revolution of Rome. The Fate of the real Spartacus, as well as his real name have never been fully known.

In the series FBGM

I've been around the worldA couple of times or maybe moreI've seen the sights, I've had delightsOn every foreign shoreBut when my mates all ask meThe place that I adoreI tell them right awayGive me a home among the gumtreesWith lots of plum treesA sheep or two, a k-kangarooA clothesline out the backVerandah out the frontAnd an old rocking chairYou can see me in the kitchenCooking up a roastOr Vegemite on toastJust you and me, a cup of teaAnd later on, we'll settle downAnd go out on the porchAnd watch the possums playThere's a Safeways up the cornerAnd a Woolies down the streetAnd a brand new place they've opened upWhere they regulate the heatBut I'd trade them all tomorrowFor a little bush retreatWhere the kookaburras callSome people like their housesWith fences all aroundOthers live in mansionsAnd some beneath the groundBut me I like the bush you knowWith rabbits running roundAnd a pumpkin vine out the back