jan 1, 73 BC - W: Slave uprising lead by Spartacus

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World: •A Roman slave, Spartacus, escapes with seventy-seven other prisoners and seizes control of nearby Mount Vesuvius. News of the revolt encourages other slaves, and they join
Spartacus on Mount Vesuvius – an army of from fifty to a hundred thousand.Spartacus and other slaves are crucified on the major road in and out of Rome: the Appian way. The latest slave uprising has lowered the demand for slaves. Landowners start replacing gangs of slaves with a less frightening alternative: free people farming as tenants.

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