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1. Spartacus:
The very name of the slave rebellion leader
Spartacus generated terror in the minds of the 73
BC Romans. He was a man who scared Rome
with his military might and made Rome realize
that if you treat anyone below human standards,
you would not be punished for your sins, but by
your sins. Spartacus is till date revered as a man
who fought back against slavery and oppression
against the Roman Empire in its heydays.
Once a great gladiator who satiated the bloodlust
of the Roman populous, Spartacus led an escape
of Gladiators and slaves from the Roman
Empire and led them to war against it.
He along with his team of 70 slaves escaped to
the dormant volcano of Vesuvius where he made
his first display of military brilliance against the
Roman army of 2000. He in a very cunning
manner looted the Roman militia of their
valuable stocks of military arms and armor from
their tents in the middle of the night.
However, this victory at Mount Vesuvius was
just the beginning of a much larger campaign
which would change the way the civilized
world saw slaves.
This victory of Spartacus encouraged more
slaves and gladiators to join their rebellion,
swelling his army to 40,000.
Seeing that these Revolts might have some
devastating repercussions, the Senate sent two
legions of militia to track the insurgents and
bring them to justice. Due to insubordination in
2. Joan of Arc:
Joan of arc also known as the maid of New
Orleans was born in a peasant family on 6th
January, 1412. She was a pious child and
frequently went to church. At the age of 13 she
began hearing some voices and receiving
apparitions of divine personnels but couldn't
recognize them.
She called herself a messenger of god and that
her missions was made clear by god to wipe out
the English heretics, free the states of France
help King Charles VII and bring back the glory
of catholic state of France. She gained the
French monarchs trust by recognizing him
through his disguise while he was making an
attempt to feign an assassination against himself.
She cut her hair short and wore armor. She led
the French armies to victory against the English
and recovered New Orleans in the battle of
herrings in 1429. After that, she made a series of
victories and regained many French territories
from British powers. At this time king Charles
feared her growing influence and deceived her
by not sending sufficient reinforcement. As
Joan was illiterate the bishop of Beauvais, made
her make some damaging statements in lieu of
which he charged her as heretic, adulteress and
demonic possessed and sentenced her to be
burnt alive. While under trial she was tortured