MILITARY PERSONNEL

Spartacus

109 BC - 71 BC

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Spartacus (; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts of his life come primarily from Plutarch and Appian, who wrote more than a century after his death. Plutarch's Life of Crassus and Appian's Civil Wars provide the most detailed accounts of the slave revolt. Although Spartacus is a significant figure in Roman history, no contemporary sources exist, and all accounts are written significantly later, by persons not directly involved, and without perspectives of slaves or eyewitnesses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Spartacus is the 18th most popular military personnel (down from 10th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Greece (down from 26th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Spartacus was a Thracian slave who led a major slave rebellion in the Roman Republic.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Spartacus ranks 18 out of 2,058. Before him are Erwin Rommel, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Charles Martel, Prince Eugene of Savoy, and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. After him are Vasily Zaitsev, Romulus Augustulus, Flavius Aetius, Jochi, Simo Häyhä, and Belisarius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 109 BC, Spartacus ranks 1. After him are Catiline, and Gaius Marius the Younger. Among people deceased in 71 BC, Spartacus ranks 1. After him are Gannicus, and Marcus Antonius Creticus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Spartacus ranks 29 out of 1,024. Before him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Sappho (-630), Phidias (-490), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), and Draco (-650). After him are Xenophon (-430), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Demosthenes (-384), Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), and Gorgias (-483).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Spartacus ranks 2. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356). After him are Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Miltiades (-540), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Mardonius (-600), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Desmond Doss (1919).

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