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Roman Servile Wars
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Servile Wars
The
Servile Wars
were a series of three
slave revolts
("servile" is derived from "
servus
", Latin for "slave") in the late
Roman Republic
. See:
First Servile War
: 135 BC – 132 BC in Sicily, led by
Eunus
, a former slave claiming to be a prophet, and
Cleon
from
Cilicia
Second Servile War
: 104 BC – 100 BC in Sicily, led by Athenion and Tryphon
Third Servile War
: 73 BC – 71 BC in mainland Italy, led by
Spartacus
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