Capua Roman Amphitheatre

Capua Roman Amphitheatre is located in the Ruins of Ancient Capua located in the modern city of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
Spartacus was a Gladiator at the Capua Amphitheatre.

The Amphitheatre was constructed during the reign of Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE).
It was one of the largest Amphitheatres in Italy and holds many similarities to the Colosseum, which may have been based on it, as both could seat 60,000 spectators.
Spartacus was a Gladiator in the Gladiator School next to Capua Roman Amphitheatre.
The Gladiator Museum is located next to the Amphitheatre.

Spartacus was a Gladiator from Thracia, who worked in the Gladiator school at Capua owned by Lentulus Batiatus. He was a heavyweight gladiator called a Murmillo.
He succeeded in overwhelming the guards and 74 Gladiators escaped. They reached Mount Vesuvius and made it their base.
Slaves started to join them from the towns and villas, and their number grew to tens of thousands. They survived by raiding the surrounding countryside. Initially only small Roman Armies were sent against him, and these were easily defeated.
The slave army reached 70,000 men. Spartacus then divided his army into two. He moved his own army north, intending to cross the Alps, leaving Crixus behind in the South. Two Consular Armies from Rome, led by the new Governor of Sicily, easily crushed Crixus.
The Slave Rebellion was a serious threat and was named the Third Servile War. The Senate sent the Roman General Crassus to crush the Rebellion with ten Legions. Spartacus’ army had swollen to 120,000 ex-slaves who were attracted by his success. Crassus confronted Spartacus and eventually defeated him.
6,000 of the prisoners who survived were then crucified at intervals along 130 miles (210km) of the Appian Way between Rome and Capua, where Spartacus had started the Revolt. Their bodies were left on the crosses for years, as a deterrent to other slaves.

Capua Roman Amphitheatre, Santa Maria Capua Vetere