Spartacus
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Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
The Death of Spartacus by Hermann Vogel (1882)
A 19th-century depiction of the fall of Spartacus by the Italian Nicola Sanesi (1818–1889)
Viva Spartaco, Spartaco a Rosarno: graffiti connecting Spartacus with 2010 Rosarno riots between locals and migrant farm workers
Spartacus, marble sculpture by Denis Foyatier (1830), Louvre Museum
Thracians
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The Thracians were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history. Thracians resided mainly in Southeast Europe in modern-day Bulgaria, Romania and northern Greece, but also in north-western Anatolia in Turkey.
Bronze head of Seuthes III from his tomb
Thracian armor from the Odrysian kingdom 4th entury BC
Ares the god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera.
Illustration of 5th–4th century BC Thracian peltast