Spartacus Part 1 (Appian Civil Wars 1.116a)
Mischa Hooker / GREK 102
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τοῦ δ᾽ αὐτοῦ χρόνου περὶ τὴν Ἰταλίαν μονομάχων ἐς θέας ἐν Καπύῃ τρεφομένων , Σπάρτακος Θρᾲξ ἀνήρ , ἐστρατευμένος ποτὲ Ῥωμαίοις , ἐκ δὲ αἰχμαλωσίας καὶ πράσεως ἐν τοῖς μονομάχοις ὤν , ἔπεισεν αὐτῶν ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας μάλιστα κινδυνεῦσαι περὶ ἐλευθερίας μᾶλλον ἢ θέας ἐπιδείξεως καὶ βιασάμενος σὺν αὐτοῖς τοὺς φυλάσσοντας ἐξέδραμε :
καί τινων ὁδοιπόρων ξύλοις καὶ ξιφιδίοις ὁπλισάμενος ἐς τὸ Βέσβιον ὄρος ἀνέφυγεν , ἔνθα πολλοὺς ἀποδιδράσκοντας οἰκέτας καί τινας ἐλευθέρους ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν ὑποδεχόμενος ἐλῄστευε τὰ ἐγγύς , ὑποστρατήγους ἔχων Οἰνόμαόν τε καὶ Κρίξον μονομάχους .
καί τινων ὁδοιπόρων ξύλοις καὶ ξιφιδίοις ὁπλισάμενος ἐς τὸ Βέσβιον ὄρος ἀνέφυγεν , ἔνθα πολλοὺς ἀποδιδράσκοντας οἰκέτας καί τινας ἐλευθέρους ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν ὑποδεχόμενος ἐλῄστευε τὰ ἐγγύς , ὑποστρατήγους ἔχων Οἰνόμαόν τε καὶ Κρίξον μονομάχους .
At the same time Spartacus , a Thracian by birth , who had once served as a soldier with the Romans , but had since been a prisoner and sold for a gladiator , and was in the gladiatorial training-school at Capua , persuaded about seventy of his comrades to strike for their own freedom rather than for the amusement of spectators . They overcame the guards and ran away .
They armed themselves with clubs and daggers that they took from people on the roads and took refuge on Mount Vesuvius . There many fugitive slaves and even some freemen from the fields joined Spartacus , and he plundered the neighboring country , having for subordinate officers two gladiators named Œnomaus and Crixus .
They armed themselves with clubs and daggers that they took from people on the roads and took refuge on Mount Vesuvius . There many fugitive slaves and even some freemen from the fields joined Spartacus , and he plundered the neighboring country , having for subordinate officers two gladiators named Œnomaus and Crixus .
During the same period in Italy , when gladiators were kept in training at Capua for public spectacles , Spartacus , a Thracian by birth , who had once served in the Roman army , but had since been made a prisoner and sold , and was now one of the gladiators , persuaded about seventy of his colleagues to risk their life for freedom rather than for display before an audience . With their help he overcame the guards and escaped .
Arming his men with clubs and daggers acquired from travelers , he took refuge on Mount Vesuvius where he welcomed many runaway slaves and even some free agricultural workers . With the gladiators Oenomaus and Crixus as his subordinates he raided the neighboring territory ,
Arming his men with clubs and daggers acquired from travelers , he took refuge on Mount Vesuvius where he welcomed many runaway slaves and even some free agricultural workers . With the gladiators Oenomaus and Crixus as his subordinates he raided the neighboring territory ,