The First Servile War
135 BCE–132 BCE · Event
In Sicily — where the grain estates work slaves to death by the tens of thousands — a Syrian slave-magician named Eunus proclaims himself king, and it takes Rome three years and a consular army to break his 70,000. The island's revolt is the first warning of what the slave economy is storing up.
On these timelines: The Spartacus Revolt, Roman History, Slavery & Abolition, Master, Italy (post-476 CE)
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