Talk:Third Servile War/Archive 1

message: The war is a war, and Spartacus is a person - two different things (and two different categories). Some of Spartacus should be here, because it's about the war as a whole, while the person's bio should be focused on the person's own role in it. Stan 23:44, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keeping topics seperate 

message: In the aftermath of the war, it is claimed in the sources that 6000 were captured by Crassus, and that they were crucified between Rome and Capua. Does anyone have a reference from a primary source saying how many were captured by Pompey, and what happened to them? I've seen statements that a further 10,000 were captured by Pompey, but I havn't seen a reference provided for that. Anyone have any leads? - Vedexent 00:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captured by Pompey? 

message: Yay! We made it! :) - Vedexent 01:36, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good Article Status 

message: Does anyone have any ideas for images to include in this article? Ideally images of Crassus and Spartacus should be added. While images of Crassus can be found on the net, I have been able to find any that are listed in the public domain. Any suggestions? - Vedexent 01:36, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: When I wrote the entry for the infobox, I specifically did not put in the number of Roman soldiers in the legions, as I couldn't find a reliable reference/quote for the size of the legions. These would be late Republic, post-Marian reform, legions. Someone has added a figure of 50-60k for 10 legions - which certainly is a figure I've heard - but I've also heard legion sizes from 3,500 (Julius Caesar's smaller legions in his Gallic Wars), to 6,000 strong in the late Empire. Can anyone provide a reputable reference for legion sizes at this time? - Vedexent 01:50, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legion Size? 

message: In including inline footnotes for the article, I ran across a bit of problem: in several popular descriptions of the third servile war on the web, there is a claim that the slaves eventually divided, one faction under Crixus wishing to stay in southern Italy and continue to plunder the countryside, and one faction under Spartacus who were intent of fleeing north into Cisalpine Gaul and escape.
The problem is that I cannot find this claim in the sources. There is nothing in the sources to contradict this, and it is possible to speculate that this might have happened as:
#The slaves apparently spent the winter in two different geographical locations: the area around Vesuvius, and on the southern coast of Italy - making it appear as if there were two groups.
#Crixus and about 30,000 were later defeated by one of the consular armies while separated from Spartacus' group.
#Plutarch mentions that some of the slaves wished to stay and plunder Italy rather than escape over the Alps.
But nowhere can I find a reference that specifically says something like "Crixus and his followers split off the main group because they wanted to stay and plunder Italy, and went to winter in Thurii".
Does anyone know where this came from? Is this a possible interpretation of the histories that has just got repeated until it has become "popular fact"? - Vedexent 00:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperation of the rebels? 

message: There has been a bit of tug-of-war over the rating. I'm currently revising the entire article, expanding the footnotes, etc. Once it is done, it is my intention to re-subit the article to the peer-review, and A-class review. - Vedexent 14:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No tug-of-war, just some confusion about how the A-Class review process was being phased in. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 04:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Rating 

message: I've just posted a peer review request for Third Servile War here. Any feedback is greatly appeciated :) - Vedexent 17:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Review Request 

message: I've added this article to the "peer review" form of the A-class review here. Comments most welcome :) - Vedexent 07:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class request