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60 minutes
Released:
Sep 10, 2015
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In the space of a few decades, three major slave wars threatened the Roman Republic. In this episode, we see how the greed of land speculators, tax collectors and slave owners unleashed an orgy of bloodshed as tens of thousands of escaped slaves went to battle against Rome’s armies. Part I of this story covers the first two of the servile wars, and features political intrigues, fire-breathing Syrian prophets, cannibalism, love struck aristocrats arming their slaves, and heroic mass suicides.
Released:
Sep 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (81)
EPISODE 26 Jack Johnson (Part 1): Bad To The Bone: “His story is one of the great dramas not just of American sports, but of all American history.” New York Times by History on Fire