ROME'S SICILIAN SLAVE WARS
This text pertains to the major slave uprisings in Sicily that were violently repressed by Roman Legions and which took place across most of the island a few decades before the Spartacus Revolt (73-71 BC).
(This book) highlights two significant but neglected episodes in Roman social and military history. It sets the revolts of Eunus and Salvius in their social context, describing the nature of slavery in the Late Republic and explaining the causes of the revolt. It narrates the development of each of the revolts and the roman response to it and shows that what started as a localised uprising of 400 Syrian slaves, became a widespread and ambitious revolt which aimed to establish Sicily as an independent kingdom. (The book) describes the fierce fighting and the relentless and ruthless suppression by several Roman Armies. It assesses the legacy of the revolts in foretelling the crises that led to the social war and the more famous revolt of Spartacus (73-71 BC). (Back-cover blurb)
"The book starts with some very useful background material, looking at the nature of slavery in the ancient world. It is a history of Sicily and a gazetteer of the cities of ancient Sicily. This is followed by the accounts of the two revolts themselves, interwoven with the background in Rome. The account of the first of the uprisings helps to explain some of its apparently unusual aspects…I found this book to be an interesting read, and well reported." (Quote taken from: http://www.historyofwar.org)
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This text pertains to the major slave uprisings in Sicily that were violently repressed by Roman Legions and which took place across most of the island a few decades before the Spartacus Revolt (73-71 BC). These rebellions led to the foundation of Hellenistic kingdom with Syrian influence, within the Roman province of Sicily.
| Pages | 200 |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley, UK |
| Year | 2020 |
| Language | English |