Spartacus Part 2 (Appian Civil Wars 1.116b-117a)
Mischa Hooker / GREK 102
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μεριζομένῳ δ᾽ αὐτῷ τὰ κέρδη κατ᾽ ἰσομοιρίαν ταχὺ πλῆθος ἦν ἀνδρῶν : καὶ πρῶτος ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐκπεμφθεὶς Οὐαρίνιος Γλάβρος , ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἐκείνῳ Πόπλιος Οὐαλέριος , οὐ πολιτικὴν στρατιὰν ἄγοντες , ἀλλ᾽ ὅσους ἐν σπουδῇ καὶ παρόδῳ συνέλεξαν ῾οὐ γάρ πω Ῥωμαῖοι πόλεμον , ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιδρομήν τινα καὶ λῃστηρίῳ τὸ ἔργον ὅμοιον ἡγοῦντο εἶναἰ , συμβαλόντες ἡττῶντο . Οὐαρινίου δὲ καὶ τὸν ἵππον αὐτὸς Σπάρτακος περιέσπασεν : παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἦλθε κινδύνου Ῥωμαίων ὁ στρατηγὸς αὐτὸς αἰχμάλωτος ὑπὸ μονομάχου γενέσθαι .
μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο Σπαρτάκῳ μὲν ἔτι μᾶλλον πολλοὶ συνέθεον , καὶ ἑπτὰ μυριάδες ἦσαν ἤδη στρατοῦ , καὶ ὅπλα ἐχάλκευε καὶ παρασκευὴν συνέλεγεν , οἱ δ᾽ ἐν ἄστει τοὺς ὑπάτους ἐξέπεμπον μετὰ δύο τελῶν .
μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο Σπαρτάκῳ μὲν ἔτι μᾶλλον πολλοὶ συνέθεον , καὶ ἑπτὰ μυριάδες ἦσαν ἤδη στρατοῦ , καὶ ὅπλα ἐχάλκευε καὶ παρασκευὴν συνέλεγεν , οἱ δ᾽ ἐν ἄστει τοὺς ὑπάτους ἐξέπεμπον μετὰ δύο τελῶν .
As he divided the plunder impartially he soon had plenty of men . Varinius Glaber was first sent against him and afterward Publius Valerius , not with regular armies , but with forces picked up in haste and at random , for the Romans did not consider this a war as yet , but a raid , something like an outbreak of robbery . When they attacked Spartacus they were beaten . Spartacus even captured the horse of Varinius ; so narrowly did a Roman prætor escape being captured by a gladiator .
After this still greater numbers flocked to Spartacus till his army numbered 70 , 000 men . For these he manufactured weapons and collected apparatus . Rome now sent out the consuls with two legions .
After this still greater numbers flocked to Spartacus till his army numbered 70 , 000 men . For these he manufactured weapons and collected apparatus . Rome now sent out the consuls with two legions .
and as he divided up the plunder equally , he soon had plenty of men . Varinius Glaber was the first person sent against him and then Publius Valerius . They did not command a citizen army , but only those men they hurriedly recruited on the way , for the Romans did not yet consider this a war , but a sort of raid like one conducted by bandits . When they attacked they were beaten . Spartacus himself even robbed Varinius of his horse . That is how dangerously close a Roman general in person came to being taken prisoner by a gladiator .
After this , still greater numbers flocked to Spartacus until his army now numbered seventy thousand men and he began to manufacture weapons and collect equipment . Rome sent out the consuls with two legions .
After this , still greater numbers flocked to Spartacus until his army now numbered seventy thousand men and he began to manufacture weapons and collect equipment . Rome sent out the consuls with two legions .