Down the cliffs of Vesuvius on vines
73 BCE · Event
Besieged on Vesuvius' summit with the only path blocked, the gladiators plait ladders from wild vines, descend the sheer side the Romans thought impassable, and take Glaber's camp from behind at a stroke. The victory brings the enslaved of Campania flooding in; the police action is now a war.
On these timelines: The Spartacus Revolt, Roman History, Italy (post-476 CE), Master
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