SexViolHist Bib: Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: Servile War

»The Servile Wars were a series of three slave revolts ("servile" is derived from servus, Latin for "slave") in the late Roman Republic.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

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First Servile War

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The First Servile War of 135–132 BC (also known as the First Sicilian Slave War) was a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic, which took place in Sicily. The revolt started in 135 when Eunus, a slave from Syria who claimed to be a prophet, captured the city of Enna in the middle of the island with 400 fellow slaves. Soon after, Cleon, a Cilician slave, stormed the city of Agrigentum on the southern coast, slaughtered the population, and then joined Eunus' army and became his military commander. Eunus even proclaimed himself king, under the name of Antiochus, after the Seleucid emperors of his native Syria.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Huemoeller, Katharine P.D. »Sexual Violence in Republican Slave Revolts.« Slavery and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity. Edited by Deborah Kamen et al. Madison 2021: 159-173.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Huemoeller, Katharine. »"The Natural Savagery of Slaves"? Slaves as Sexual Aggressors in Revolt Narratives.« 149^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies. Boston 2018.

Second Servile War

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Second Servile War was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic on the island of Sicily. The war lasted from 104 BC until 100 BC. It was one of three Servile Wars, spaced approximately 30 years apart.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Huemoeller, Katharine P.D. »Sexual Violence in Republican Slave Revolts.« Slavery and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity. Edited by Deborah Kamen et al. Madison 2021: 159-173.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Huemoeller, Katharine. »"The Natural Savagery of Slaves"? Slaves as Sexual Aggressors in Revolt Narratives.« 149^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies. Boston 2018.

Third Servile War

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy. It was particularly alarming to Rome because its military seemed powerless to suppress it.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Huemoeller, Katharine P.D. »Sexual Violence in Republican Slave Revolts.« Slavery and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity. Edited by Deborah Kamen et al. Madison 2021: 159-173.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Huemoeller, Katharine. »"The Natural Savagery of Slaves"? Slaves as Sexual Aggressors in Revolt Narratives.« 149^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies. Boston 2018.