After the defeat of Spartacus, the Romans crucified 6,000 captured rebels, lining them up along the Appian Way from Capua to Rome (160 km). Their rotting bodies were left on the crosses for several years to come.
After the defeat of Spartacus, the Romans crucified 6,000 captured rebels, lining them up along the Appian Way from Capua to Rome (160 km). Their rotting bodies were left on the crosses for several years to come.