In 73 BC, under the leadership of Spartacus, the gladiators in central Rome revolted. In 72 BC, Spartacus' army moved all over Italy along the Adriatic coast. In the autumn of 72 BC, Spartak's army tried to cross the channel by pirate ship. However, the pirates did not provide Spartacus with ships. Two Roman armies rushed at crassus respectively, and Spartacus fought until his death.

This uprising is the biggest uprising in ancient Rome and a large-scale slave uprising in ancient society, which is of great significance in world history. The Senate declared a state of emergency, and finally elected the great slave owner crassus to command the army to suppress the rebels.

The main socio-economic reason for the failure of the Spartak uprising is that the Roman slave society did not have the prerequisite for abolishing slavery, and the slaves themselves did not put forward this task. Slaves only want their own liberation. The impure social and ethnic components of slaves and those who participated in the Roman uprising also had an impact on the failure of the uprising.

Significance: The insurgents did not have a general plan to unite the exploited masses. However, the significance of the Spartak Uprising went far beyond the uprising itself, which dealt a heavy blow to the slave owners' ruling class, aggravated the economic crisis of Roman slavery, and accelerated the transition of Roman government from republic to monarchy.

Spartak showed his heroic fighting spirit and outstanding military talent in the uprising, leaving an indelible mark on the history of the people's struggle for social liberation.

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