000340071 000__ 03376cam\a2200397\a\4500 000340071 001__ 340071 000340071 005__ 20210513123518.0 000340071 008__ 081215s2009\\\\nyuabf\\\b\\\\001\0beng\\ 000340071 010__ $$a 2008054138 000340071 020__ $$a9781416532057 000340071 020__ $$a1416532056 000340071 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn232979141 000340071 035__ $$a340071 000340071 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dWIQ$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dCDX$$dVP@$$dCQU$$dEDK$$dSGB 000340071 043__ $$ae------$$aff-----$$aaw----- 000340071 049__ $$aISEA 000340071 05000 $$aDG258.5$$b.S83 2009 000340071 08200 $$a937/.05$$222 000340071 1001_ $$aStrauss, Barry S. 000340071 24514 $$aThe Spartacus war /$$cBarry Strauss. 000340071 250__ $$a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 000340071 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2009. 000340071 300__ $$axvii, 264 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c25 cm. 000340071 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000340071 5050_ $$aThe gladiator -- The Thracian lady -- The Praetors -- The pathfinders -- The stoic -- The decimator -- The pirate -- The fisherman -- The Celtic women -- Spartacus -- The victors. 000340071 520__ $$aFrom the Publisher: The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration for novelists, filmmakers, and revolutionaries for 2,000 years. Starting with only seventy-four men, a gladiator named Spartacus incited a rebellion that threatened Rome itself. With his fellow gladiators, Spartacus built an army of 60,000 soldiers and controlled the southern Italian countryside. A charismatic leader, he used religion to win support. An ex-soldier in the Roman army, Spartacus excelled in combat. He defeated nine Roman armies and kept Rome at bay for two years before he was defeated. After his final battle, 6,000 of his followers were captured and crucified along Rome's main southern highway. The Spartacus War is the dramatic and factual account of one of history's great rebellions. Spartacus was beaten by a Roman general, Crassus, who had learned how to defeat an insurgency. But the rebels were partly to blame for their failure. Their army was large and often undisciplined; the many ethnic groups within it frequently quarreled over leadership. No single leader, not even Spartacus, could keep them all in line. And when faced with a choice between escaping to freedom and looting, the rebels chose wealth over liberty, risking an eventual confrontation with Rome's most powerful forces. The result of years of research, The Spartacus War is based not only on written documents but also on archaeological evidence, historical reconstruction, and the author's extensive travels in the Italian countryside that Spartacus once conquered. 000340071 60000 $$aSpartacus,$$d-71 B.C. 000340071 60000 $$aSpartacus,$$d-71 B.C.$$xInfluence. 000340071 650_0 $$aGladiators$$zRome$$vBiography. 000340071 650_0 $$aSlaves$$zRome$$vBiography. 000340071 650_0 $$aSlave insurrections$$zRome. 000340071 651_0 $$aRome$$xHistory$$yServile Wars, 135-71 B.C. 000340071 85200 $$bgen$$hDG258.5$$i.S83$$i2009 000340071 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008054138-b.html 000340071 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008054138-d.html 000340071 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008054138-s.html 000340071 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008054138-t.html 000340071 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:340071$$pGLOBAL_SET 000340071 980__ $$aBIB 000340071 980__ $$aBOOK