Adam Weishaupt
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Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati.
1799 portrait of Weishaupt
Death mask of Adam Weishaupt
Spartacus
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Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
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…and enlightened individuals within society. The word derives from the Latin illuminatus, meaning 'enlightened'. He also adopted the name of "Brother Spartacus" within the order. Even encyclopedia references vary on the goal of the order, such as Catholic Encyclopedia (1910) saying the Order was not egalitarian…
Statue depicting Spartacus by Denis Foyatier (1830)
A 19th-century depiction of the fall of Spartacus by the Italian Nicola Sanesi (1818–1889)
The Death of Spartacus by Hermann Vogel (1882)
Viva Spartaco, Spartaco a Rosarno: graffiti connecting Spartacus with 2010 Rosarno riots between locals and migrant farm workers