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Spartacus led more than 100,000 gladiators, robbers, and runaway slaves on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius. Until -71, they defeated Roman forces. In -71, Crassus commanded a Roman legion that trapped the slave army at Calabria. The 6,000 survivors were crucified along the Appian Way to Rome. [Furtado: 1001 Days]