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How do you think the history of Roman would have been different if Spartacus had succeeded in crossing the alps?
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First of all it is not sure whether Spartacus and his followers wanted to cross the Alps to reach Gaul. This is an interpretation which was suggested by Plutarch, while Appian and Florus thought that he intended to march on Rome. However, it is more likely that the rebels were just trying to escape the Roman army and were plundering Italy to feed themselves. Moreover, they could not continue their rebellion for long. Once the Romans gathered a sufficient number of legions to suppress the rebellion, they had military superiority.
Assuming that Spartacus did want to cross the Alps and managed to do so he might have continued to plunder the countryside until his defeat by the Roman army there, or he might have tried to get the local slaves to join his rebellion. However, there were much fewer slaves there than in Italy. In this case, it is also highly likely that he would have been eventually defeated.
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name the sources of history
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When did spartacus become a gladiator?
Spartacus became a gladiator when he was captured and trained. I know this is not a very specific answer, but we know very, very little about Spartacus, the man. We don't even know if "Spartacus" was his real name. He comes into history as a leader of a slave revolt and leaves history as a defeated enemy.
Where do you find out about the story of Spartacus?
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How did spartacus change history?
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What 1960 film called Spartacus had a historical and technical adviser?
The 1960 version of the movie Spartacus had a historical and technical adviser by the name of Vittorio Nino Novarese. I may have included his name in a previous answer but cannot locate it. To continue Mr Novarese was able to answer as a matter of course many questions about ancient Rome with certainty. He helped the production of Spartacus by knowing what the Romans ate for breakfast gladiator training techniques and the proceedings of the Roman Senate. Mr Novarese was a history professor and graduate of Rome's State School for Cinematographical Studies. In addition he is recognized as a world authority on ancient military history. He spent 18 months insuring the accuracy of the 1961 Version of Spartacus.
