Spartacus
Gladiator who defied Rome
Thracian gladiator who led the largest slave revolt against the Roman Republic.
Trained to die for the crowd, he instead broke out of his gladiator school with a kitchen-knife rebellion that swelled into an army of tens of thousands and shook Rome for two years.
Famous for
- Led the Third Servile War
- Defied the Roman legions
- Champion of the arena
In Rubicon
Spartacus is one of the historical characters you can play as in Rubicon, a trivia game where you answer in your own words and an AI judge reads what you meant. Spartacus is filed under Sports & Games, and is strongest at Sports & Games.
Others in Sports & Games
- Milo of Croton — Six-time Olympic wrestling champion
- Koroibos of Elis — The first Olympic champion
- Pheidippides — The run that named the marathon
- Kyniska of Sparta — First woman to win at Olympia
- Gaius Appuleius Diocles — The richest athlete who ever lived
- Leonidas of Rhodes — Twelve Olympic crowns