kevin37 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Hi This has probably been Asked quite a few times on Here. Sorry I have Not been on Here in a long time. I have been doing some searching on the Internet. I can not find out Where Julius Caesar Had a part in The downfall of Spartacus . Can anyone Please tell me or there a web site that someone Knows of that will tell me if this is True or not ? Thank you for any help on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 Julius Caesar was not directly invovled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metella Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 Right - he was off making his name ... some of his contemporaries were dealing with that rascally slave. I do think I read somewhere he was considering returning to Italy to "save the day" but it was resolved before he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompieus Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 (edited) This is an interesting question, but probably unanswerable. There is nothing in any of the sources (Appian, Plutarch, Suetonius) that mention Caesar as participating in any way in the slave war of 73-71 BC. However, Caesar was apparently elected military tribune (one of the 24 military tribunes elected by the people and assigned to the 4 consular legions) for 72 or 71 BC (Suet. Caes 5, Plut. Caes 5). Gelzer (Caesar) and Broughton (Magistrates of the Roman Republic) disagree on the year. If he was an elected military tribune for 72, it is difficult to see how he could have avoided service in the ill-fated campaign of the consuls L Gellius Poplicola and Cn Cornelius Lentullus Clodianus. If he was Military Tribune in 71 he might well have participated in Crassus' campaign. Gelzer says (pg 29): "We can no more than wonder whether, as military tribune,he had to take part in the slave war. Edited March 1, 2013 by Pompieus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 A tad OT, but I got a new 46" LCD LED TV Friday, just in time to watch that night's episode of "Spartacus" and let me tell you it was AMAZING. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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