Gladiator War
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The Gladiator War, better known as the Third Servile War, was a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic led by the gladiator Spartacus in the 1st century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gladiator War canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8135556 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gladiator War Context triple: [Third Servile War, alsoKnownAs, Gladiator War]
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A.
Bellum Batonianum
Bellum Batonianum was a major uprising of the Illyrian tribes against Roman rule in the early 1st century AD, which severely challenged Roman control in the Balkans.
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B.
Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
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C.
Isaurian War
The Isaurian War was a late 5th-century conflict in the Eastern Roman Empire in which Emperor Zeno crushed a major rebellion by the Isaurian leaders who had once been his key supporters.
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D.
Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
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E.
Augustan wars
The Augustan wars were a series of military campaigns conducted under the Roman emperor Augustus to expand, secure, and consolidate the frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gladiator War Target entity description: The Gladiator War, better known as the Third Servile War, was a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic led by the gladiator Spartacus in the 1st century BCE.
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A.
Bellum Batonianum
Bellum Batonianum was a major uprising of the Illyrian tribes against Roman rule in the early 1st century AD, which severely challenged Roman control in the Balkans.
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B.
Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
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C.
Isaurian War
The Isaurian War was a late 5th-century conflict in the Eastern Roman Empire in which Emperor Zeno crushed a major rebellion by the Isaurian leaders who had once been his key supporters.
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D.
Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
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E.
Augustan wars
The Augustan wars were a series of military campaigns conducted under the Roman emperor Augustus to expand, secure, and consolidate the frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Third Servile War
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slave revolt ⓘ uprising ⓘ war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Spartacus Revolt
NERFINISHED
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Third Servile War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Mount Vesuvius
NERFINISHED
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Battle of the Silarus River NERFINISHED ⓘ final battle in southern Italy ⓘ |
| cause |
harsh conditions in gladiator schools
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oppression of slaves in the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| consequence |
mass crucifixion of captured slaves
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tightening of control over slaves in the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Roman historical tradition
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works of Appian ⓘ works of Plutarch ⓘ |
| endDate | 71 BCE ⓘ |
| estimatedStrength | tens of thousands of slaves ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| involvedGroup |
Roman citizens
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gladiators ⓘ rural slaves ⓘ |
| leader |
Castus
NERFINISHED
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Crixus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gannicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Oenomaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Spartacus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Italian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
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Italy ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Roman legions
NERFINISHED
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rebellious slaves ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Gaius Julius Caesar
NERFINISHED
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Licinius Crassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originEvent | escape of gladiators from a school in Capua ⓘ |
| partOf | Servile Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Second Servile War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Roman victory
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suppression of slave revolt ⓘ |
| significance |
influenced Roman attitudes toward slavery and internal security
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largest slave uprising against the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| startDate | 73 BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gladiator War Description of subject: The Gladiator War, better known as the Third Servile War, was a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic led by the gladiator Spartacus in the 1st century BCE.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.