72-71

Updated: July 16, 2025

It was in these districts and from these men that Spartacus drew the material with which he made his last stand against Roman armies in 72-71 B.C.; and it was in this direction that Caelius and Milo turned in 48 B.C. in quest of revolutionary and warlike bands.

W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler - Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero