person
Spartacus
also: Spartaco, Spartacus
Thracian gladiator who led the great slave revolt of 73-71 BC, defeated by Crassus. Cicero ranks Antony with him as a brigand and enemy of the Roman state.
Reading notes
- Thirteenth Philippic §22 O Spartacus!
Spartacus, the gladiator who led the slave revolt of 73-71 BC, is Cicero's standing abuse-name for Antony as a brigand-chief; here he says even Catiline seems bearable beside him.
- Third Philippic §21 a Spartacus
The gladiator who led the slave revolt of 73-71 BC; Antony branded Octavian a Spartacus in his edicts. Cicero notes Antony dared apply the insult in writing but not openly in the Senate.
- Fourth Philippic §15 with a Spartacus
Spartacus led the slave revolt of 73-71 BC; pairing Antony with him, and with Catiline, casts him as a brigand outside the bounds of legitimate politics rather than a true consul.