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How many surviving Spartacan slaves did Crassus crucify along the Appian Way in 71 BCE?
Crassus crucified about 6,000 captured slaves along the Appian Way between Capua and Rome, at intervals of roughly 35 metres. The bodies were left to decompose as a deterrent against further slave revolts.
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The Thracian Gladiator Who Led 70,000 Slaves Through Italy for Two Years and Was Killed Without His Body Being Found in 71 BCE Spartacus and 70 other gladiators escaped a Capua training school in 73 BCE. The revolt grew to approximately 70,000 escaped slaves and was the most serious internal threat to the Roman Republic between the Hannibalic War and the Civil Wars. Crassus defeated Spartacus's army at the Battle of the Siler River in spring 71 BCE. Spartacus's body was not identified after the battle.
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