Why did it fail Veeky Forums?

why did it fail Veeky Forums?

The Roman state was basically unbeatable from the end of the Second Punic war to the Crisis of The Second Century.

I am Spartacus.

Because his rebellion was a bunch of slaves. He never had support from the leading elements of the late republic.
The reason why he was so succesful to begin with was the fact that no one except crassus did want to tackle that rebellion. There was a lot to lose and not much to gain.

I thought that movie made money

Do you mean crisis of the third century?

There's indication of dissent among the slave army, their erratic movements from place to place seem to suggest this.

They actually went north and had a chance to escape through the alps (not over like Hannibal, but through an actual traversable pass) but didnt take the opportunity. They went back down south and then tried to make a break for Sicily but the Cilician (not Sicilian) pirates betrayed them and refused transport.

Crixus broke off from Spartacus with a small but substantial part of the army and marched on Rome, this divided force was destroyed and Spartacus' weakened main army crushed soon after.

Its a mystery why exactly they made the choices they did but it seems the slaves were too decentralized command-wise and had contrasting motivations, some wanting escape to their homelands, some wanting to stay and plunder the countryside for revenge and loot, thinking Rome too weak from civil strife from the crisis and dictatorship of Sulla to be able to stop them, and then perhaps others, like the ones who broke off to march on Rome truly believed in that shining ideal that by destroying Rome they could free all the slaves in Italy.

Also Spartacus is my favorite movie and I just watched it earlier today. Its not exact history, but its the most compelling movie i've ever seen.

If I remember well, there had been prior slave revolts in Sicily (Servile War) so it made sense to stay in the south

Yes, I believe Spartacus' uprising was the third servile war and the largest by far. It likely they were trying to bolster their numbers with Sicilian slaves though this still begs the question: why not head south to begin with? They made it all the way to the north of Italy from Vesuvius before turning back south rather than take the pass through the alps that was both nearby and insufficiently defended.

No it didn't at least not with hindsight and knowledge about Rome. Sicily was a deathtrap. Lets say you get across and your wet dreams come true, the whole island is yours and every slave on it commits himself to your cause while slaughtering every roman and some of the legit cities even side with you. Great. What now?

You don't have a navy, and the Romans who do have an enormous one are now all pissed because Sicily was an importany supplier of grain and N.Africa which also supplies grain to Rome loves making resupply stops on the island. To top it off Egyptian ships love the straight of messina but now its filled with uppity slaves. So you just fucked Romes grain supply. You don't do that shit, those niggers love bread.

At best Rome decides it has more important things to do and lets Sicily have independence until its convenient to land a massive force on it. At worst Pompey fucking Magnus decides thats enough of your Bullshit and breaks out the crosses right on the Sicily's beach...all of it.

Best thing to do is cross the alps and melt into gaul and german towns.