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Episode 335

ALL IN ONE PLACE: The First and Second Servile Wars

What if we told you that Spartacus was only the third in a 30-year cycle of slave rebellions that happened twice before?

Ancient History Fangirl · Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy

February 5, 20262h 13m

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Show Notes

⁠⁠⁠⁠Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When we think of large Roman slave rebellions, we usually think of Spartacus. But what if we told you that Spartacus was only the third in a 30-year cycle of slave rebellions that happened twice before?

The wars that came before Spartacus were larger, more all-encompassing, and maybe more violent—sweeping up hundreds of thousands of people before the rebellions were done. And their leaders—one a very salty birthday magician, the other a skilled astrologer —were just as epic.  

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