100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

Chapter 11 The Revolt Led by the Gladiators

Chapter 110 Revolt led by gladiators
——Don’t use hurting people as entertainment. I don’t know how much the bullying atmosphere in society will affect our teenagers. Don’t do it with evil. We must always plant a kind seed in our hearts. Do not bully at any time and should not make others Pain, make yourself cruel.Spartacus is a Thracian. In the war with the ancient Romans, he was captured and reduced to slavery, and was selected from the slaves to become a gladiator.Gladiators were playthings for the entertainment of Roman nobles and commoners.They usually train, and when they officially fight, they are driven into the arena like animals to fight each other or with wild animals. Many gladiators died in the arena amidst the cheers of the Romans.

The earliest arenas in Rome were generally excavated on hillsides and surrounded, and later they were built on flat ground with materials such as stone and concrete.At that time, there was a school in Capua, which was specially used to train gladiatorial talents.Schools trained slaves or condemned prisoners, forcing them to fight wild beasts in the gladiatorial ring or kill their fellows to make the Romans laugh.Spartacus was trained in this school, but he was unwilling to live such an inhuman life and wanted to rebel against the slave owners. In 73 BC, he planned a riot at the school, but it was revealed that Spartacus was the same as 70 BC. Many gladiators fled to the vicinity of Mount Vesuvius.

Spartacus led the gladiators to hold an uprising to fight against the slave owners, attracting many fugitive slaves to join, and the uprising team expanded rapidly, reaching more than 12 people at its peak.This team fought the enemy bravely and repeatedly defeated the Roman government army, and their activities covered almost the entire southern Italy.The growth of the rebel army caused great panic among the rulers. In 72 BC, the Roman consul personally led troops to suppress it.At this time, a serious split occurred within the uprising team. Spartacus's comrade-in-arms Crixus led a team to act alone, but was wiped out by the Roman army.

The rebel army led by Spartacus marched towards northern Italy, winning repeatedly.However, instead of crossing the Alps as originally planned, Spartacus led 12 rebels to the south again to the southern tip of the Italian peninsula. He wanted to use pirate ships to cross the sea to Sicily, but he was deceived by pirates and failed to achieve his goal.

On the other hand, the Roman army stepped up its suppression of the rebels.71 BC, Crassus?Divers dug a long trench in Brutium and besieged the rebels.The rebel army tried to break through the blockade and marched towards Bruti, but was blocked and had to turn back to face Crassus.Thus began the Battle of Apulia.

Crassus received reinforcements from Pompey who had returned from the Iberian Peninsula in Spain, his power increased greatly, and the rebel army suffered heavy losses.Seeing that the general situation was over and the victory was hopeless, Spartacus bravely rushed into the center of the enemy's formation and killed two enemy army leaders.But after fighting for a long time, Spartak gradually became exhausted and was beaten off his horse.Because of his serious injuries, he couldn't get up, so he knelt down and continued to fight the enemy, and was almost chopped into meat paste by the Roman army in the end.Most of the rebel soldiers also died in battle.6000 of them were brutally crucified after being captured, and their bodies were hung high on trees for several months.Some fled to the mountains and forests, where they lived all their lives, hunting for a living.

Engels once commented that Spartacus is "the real representative of the ancient proletariat".

Wisdom Interpretation:

Teenagers must never vent their anger on the "vulnerable" or bully others, even as entertainment.Because longing for freedom is a major part of human nature, excessive repression will arouse inner resistance, and the greater the pressure, the stronger the rebound may be, which is extremely dangerous.The ancient Romans regarded the slaughter of gladiators as entertainment, which eventually led to the Spartak uprising, which just explained the truth that "where there is oppression, there must be resistance."

Therefore, never bully the weak, always keep a kind heart, and let yourself be closer to the light of human nature!
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