What if spartacus

Improve this question. Vincent Gerwin Gerwin 4 4 silver badges 14 14 bronze badges. Otherwise, IMO this is way too broad. What was his faith? I always assumed he worshipped Jupiter et al. I don't recall ever reading about his religion being an important factor.

Or are you not talking about religion? That is not the type of army that could siege a major city with two legions bearing down on them. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. So in the end, I think it would have made little difference. Improve this answer.

Jay Jay Manda Manda 5 5 bronze badges. Sure, there's no evidence he planned some great social reform. It's not at all clear how he could have done that in his wildest dreams. Leading his army of runaway slaves, which has been estimated to have reached , men, Spartacus defeated a series of Roman attacks using tactics which would now be called guerrilla warfare.

They fought off a series of attacks from Roman forces, but then turned south. The administration in Rome now began to take the threat from Spartacus seriously and the Roman politician and general Marcus Licinius Crassus led an army south. The slaves managed to break through the fortifications that Crassus had built to trap them, but were pursued to Lucania where the rebel army was destroyed.

Spartacus is thought to have been killed in the battle. Around 6, of his followers who escaped were hunted down and crucified. Sulla took Rome on the march, twice.

Cinna and Marius won their brief siege of Rome. Pompeius did not attempt to defend Rome after Rubicon and fled instead; Octavian also took Rome quickly. What would be needed for Spartacus to successfully take the city of Rome? Oh it would be dangerous and horribly unlikely to succeed, but if the slaves make a mad dash for the Alpine border, they may be able to sneak past. Berserker said:. Did Sulla, Caesar or Octavian unpack their siege equipment to take Rome?

We could thing at the inner treachery : one of the slaves in Rome could have helped Spartacus' army to enter the city. For the record, Rome has never been taken by seige alone. In the latter case, the army did begin a seige, but it didn't last long enough to have any real effect. I think that the forces that Spartacus commands are not capable of taking Rome. Not only are they likely to be cleaned up very quickly, but their troops are not trained for proper warfare, and every Roman army they destroy just means another coming.

It's like Hannibal- too little, how ever effective their leaders are, to defeat Rome. Rise of Empire Your Favorite General. What If Spartacus Won? Thread starter Revo Start date May 3, Tags civil war rome spartacus won. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Status Closed. Apr 75 Amsterdam, The Netherlands. What if Spartacus and his gang had defeated all the legions Rome sent after them and they could have marched for Rome itself, what would have happened?

Or just reverse slavery with the slaves becoming slave owners and slave owners becoming slaves. Also what if the pirates didn't betray Spartacus and actually got his men to Sicily?

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