We also know the prophecy that Plutarch gave us: After his enslavement, she was also sold as a slave girl. Plutarch mentions that Spartacus had a wife, from the same tribe. The name “Spartakiad”, so mass form of sporting events, comes from his name. There, for killing another gladiator, he was transferred to Lentulus Batiatus’ school, a very difficult and high-security one. Spartacus, as an excellent gladiator, for some time served as a fencing teacher there, he taught valuable “pieces” of this fight. However, later, as a result of his bad behaviour and lack of discipline he was sent to the gladiator school in Capua (the west coast of the Apennine Peninsula). Spartacus initially served in the Roman army as a Thracian mercenary. Thrace located on the Balkan Peninsula was known for a well-trained infantry using sickle swords. He probably came from Thrace 1, a country that was still independent (then Thrace would become one of the provinces of Rome), but already exposed to Rome’s retaliatory actions. Spartacus was a man of strong character and intelligence. Gladiators were often prisoners of war or slaves, but sometimes they were recruited from former soldiers. Rome’s contacts with Africa and Far East.
