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Feb 16, 710
Death of the great Gladiator
A Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus surrounded Spartacus' army in southern Italy. In the ensuing battle, Spartacus and most of his followers were killed. Those captured were put to death. -
Feb 24, 720
Captured
Spartacus was encamped in Rhegium (Reggio Calabria), near the Straight of Messina. -
Feb 19, 730
The Escape
Enslaved by the Romans, he broke out of a gladiatorial school in Capua with about 70 other gladiators and succeeded in reaching the crater of Mt. Vesuvius. -
Birth of the Glatiator
Sparctus was born.