Spartacus

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Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

gladiator, leader of a slave revolt

c. 103 BC – 71 BC · 32 years · Capua · Europe

Thracian gladiator who led the largest slave uprising in Italy and defeated several Roman armies.

Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 1st century BC

Portrait: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Contemporaries around the world

Europe

Julius Caesar — Roman general and dictator, 3 years younger
Cicero — Roman orator and statesman, 3 years older
Pompey the Great — Roman general and statesman, 3 years older

Middle East

Mithridates VI Eupator — king of Pontus, enemy of Rome, 32 years older

Asia

Sima Qian — Chinese historian, 42 years older
Emperor Wu of Han — emperor of the Han dynasty, 53 years older